How to change the text color of dropdown in an AutoCompleteTextView?

Question

How can I change the text color in dropdown menu of an AutoCompleteTextView? Or how can I change the background color of a dropdown, by default dropdown\'s back

Answer 1

While it might be tricky to change the text color. It is easy to change the background color of the drop down menu

AutoCompleteTextView searchView = ... 
searchView.setDropDownBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.colorId)));