AutocompleteTextView suggestion list goes up

Question

possible duplicates Android : autocompletetextview, suggestion list displays above the textview?

I am fully trying to display suggestion list overlapping on keyboard when suggestion list scroll by user but it always open up side.

here I am getting this way

here is my manifest file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.sl"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:name=".SuggestionListActivity" 
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|adjustPan|stateHidden">
            <intent-filter >
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

here is my main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="10dp">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello" 
        android:layout_margin="10dp"/>

    <TextView android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This is testing for the auto complete textview in this application to display suggestion list overlapping on keyboard." />

    <AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autocomplete"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_margin="5dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Search"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp" android:dropDownHeight="300dp"
            android:inputType="textAutoComplete" android:singleLine="true"
            />

</LinearLayout>

what to do in this code to display the suggestion over keyboard when list was focus.

Answer 1

I've had this problem before. For me, there was more screen space above the AutocompleteTextView than below (testing on a "normal" device), so the list opened upwards. I adjusted my layout slightly so that there was more space below the AutocompleteTextView and it started opening downwards. That's what fixed it for me.