Android material chips

Question

I want to implement an autocomplete edittext with chips in my application and I want to do it in a way that it's done here: material design chips. First I would like to ask if there is some kind of widget (maybe as part of the new support library) or a solution that I can use for easy implementation. (I know that this question has been asked before but I just want to know if something changed in the meantime). Also I found this library, but I don't know how can I use it (and can I use it) for autocompletion of my sets of data... Has anyone worked with this library before and can share their experience?

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

The new Material Components for Android contains the component Chip.

You can add the chip to your layout file with:

<com.google.android.material.chip.Chip
    android:id="@+id/some_chip"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="This is a chip" />

With the classic Design Support Library 28.0.0 you can use the package:

<android.support.design.chip.Chip
../>

You can customize the component using these attributes:

• android:checkable: If true, the chip can be toggled. If false, the chip acts like a button
• app:chipIcon: Used to display an icon within the chip
• app:closeIcon: Used to display a close icon within the chip

You can find the official documentation here.