Difference between MultiAutoCompleteTextView and AutoCompleteTextView

Question

Can someone explain the difference between MultiAutoCompleteTextView and AutoCompleteTextView?

Answer 1

Difference between AutoCompleteTextView and MultiAutoCompleteTextView

AutoCompleteTextView Vs MultiAutoCompleteTextView

AutocompleteTextView only offers suggestions about the whole sentence MultiAutoCompleteTextView offers suggestions for every token in the sentence. You can specify what is the delimiter between tokens.

AutoCompleteTextView is used for selecting single Item MultiAutoCompleteTextView is used for for selecting multiple Items by using a delimiter(such as comma) in betwwen them.

the “From:” field in example of email app, you would need to enforce only a single selection by the user from their configured email accounts. If you were writing an email app, and you wanted the “To:” field to be an autocomplete field, getting matches from an address book, chances you want to allow the user to pick multiple recipients for a message, and would make this field a MultiAutoCompleteTextView