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AutoComplete for Xamarin.Android: Suggest Modes

RadAutoCompleteTextView has three different modes for providing suggestions, namely:

  • Suggest
  • Append
  • SuggestAppend

The suggest mode can be changed with the SuggestionMode property of the AutoCompleteTextView. The default value is SuggestMode.Suggest.

this.autocomplete.SuggestMode = SuggestMode.Suggest;

Suggest Mode

In SuggestMode.Suggest the autocomplete represents the filtered suggestions, matching the typed text, in a pop-up view, which contains list of the suggestions.

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Append Mode

In SuggestMode.Append mode the autocomplete shows only the first suggestion matching the typed text, which is represented as direct suffix of the typed text.

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SuggestAppend Mode

In SuggestMode.SuggestAppend mode the autocomplete combines both upper-mentioned modes. It shows all matching suggestions in a pop-up view and the first of them is appended to the typed text.

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