Question

I have complaint from my user:

“When input text in MultiAutoCompleteTextView control -> color of text and background are same and I cannot read text!”

Actually I’m using colors provided from device.

Here is my xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@android:drawable/title_bar"
    android:id="@+id/title_layout" android:padding="5dp">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_label"
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingLeft="5dp" android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/btn_send"
        android:textColor="@android:color/primary_text_light" android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="@string/_Find" android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/btn_send" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_send" android:text="@string/Search"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

<MultiAutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/search_city"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="3dp" android:layout_below="@+id/title_layout"
    android:completionThreshold="1"
    android:hint="@string/CityResort"
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:nextFocusRight="@+id/search_address"
    android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/ic_input_delete"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:text=""
    >
    <requestFocus />
</MultiAutoCompleteTextView>

<MultiAutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/search_address"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/search_city"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:completionThreshold="1"
    android:hint="@string/adres_or_poi_name"
    android:imeOptions="actionDone"
    android:paddingTop="10dp"
    android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/ic_input_delete"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:text=""
    />
<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />

Answer 1

The problem could be because of the different theme colors.
For eg. my motorola defy has the black theme therefore if you set white or black text on different native widgets, the background could be an unexpected one(like black and you set the text color to black) and the text can’t be readable..
Try to set the theme of your application and maybe this will fix your problem.