AutoCompleteTextView with Arrayadapter - does it have its own brain?

Question

Here is my quandry...

I have an AutoCompleteTextview which I am populating by getting data from sqlite database.

When I type 'mat' in the autocompletetextview, the query that gets the data, the resultset looks like the following:

35-Mathoura Rd/Toorak Rd
59-Airport West/Matthews Ave
58-Marshall Rd/Matthews Ave
57-Hawker St/Matthews Ave
56-Earl St/Matthews Ave
55-Cameron St/Matthews Ave
54-Fullarton Rd/Matthews Ave
54-Fullarton Rd/Matthews Ave
53-Keilor Rd/Matthews Ave
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more data

However, in the autocomplete dropdown list, the results are as follows:

Matthew Cl/Westmill Dr
Matson Dr/Glenfern
Matlock Rd/Lewis St
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and so on.

I would like to know why the results from database and the ones displayed do not match exactly?

Answer 1

Looks like it does. Had to write my own adapter to achieve the ordering that I wanted.