Why does backspace stop working if I set TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS to my AutocompleteTextView?

Question

I have this code:

AutoCompleteTextView et = new AutoCompleteTextView(context); et.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS); 

With this code, AutoCompleteTextView prevents the backspace key from working! If I change the class type to EditText, the same behavior will happen.

But the backspace key works with this code:

 AutoCompleteTextView et = new AutoCompleteTextView(context); et.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT); 

I don't need automatic keyboard suggestions, so I'm using AutocompleteTextView! Any suggestions?

I am testing Android 2.3.

Answer 1

From what I found, you need to use this instead:

 android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword" 

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