Selection list cut off in AutoCompleteTextView in Dialog

Question

I have a dialog window that covers 1/3 of the entire screen height and is displayed on top of my activity. The dialog holds two AutoCompleteTextView fields.

The problem

Answer 1

Right now I'm assuming it's a bug, which I already filed here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9917

But if anybody knows a solution to this, I'd greatly appreciate it and would be glad to trade it for some bounty points.

Edit:

One workaround that came to my mind is now to extend the dialog to the very bottom of the screen but leave the background transparent, so it looks the same as now, but actually has a height that wouldn't cut off the list. I will give that a try...