What is the difference between EditText and AutoCompleteTextView in Android?

Question

What is the difference between EditText and AutoCompleteTextView in Android?

Can anyone explain with some example?

Thanks, Balaram

Answer 1

Well, AutoCompleteTextView is a subclass of EditText that also provides the possibility to show completion hints that the user can pick up. See the JavaDoc for AutoCompleteTextView and the tutorial.

Answer 2

An EditText is a generic input widget, whereas an autoCompleteTextview uses prediction to suggest input alternatives. Connect it to an array or a cursor and it will filter the content based on what the user starts to type,

Look at ApiDemos for an example.