Autocompletetextview
AutoCompleteTextView is an Android widget that automatically shows complete suggestions as the user types.
Spinner
Spinner is a widget that allows the user to select an item from a group, like a dropdown list.
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Also from your requirements autocompletetextview is more suitable than spinner from question Data Filter in list view through spinner |
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Note as i experienced the last point is correct in spinner not in autocompletetextview;because autocompletetextview is an edittext itself from question ArrayAdapter.createFromResource() and ArrayAdapter. setDropDownViewResource() |