AutoCompleteTextView displays 'android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor@'… after making selection

Question

I am using the following code to set the adapter (SimpleCursorAdapter) for an AutoCompleteTextView

mComment = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.comment);
         


        

Answer 1

To solve the problem I just extended SimpleCursorAdapter and implemented the method convertToString(). Then I created an instance and set it as the adapter.

In order to allow filtering in AutoCompleteTextView when using CursorAdapters I also used setFilterQueryProvider(). See this question.

My extended class inside the Activity looks as:

private static class AutoCompleteCursorAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter {

    public AutoCompleteCursorAdapter(Context context, int layout, Cursor c, String[] from, int[] to) {
        super(context, layout, c, from, to);
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence convertToString(Cursor cursor) {
        // This is the method that does the trick (return the String you need)
        return cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("name"));
    }
}