This project provides a HashMapAdapter that seems to be missing from Android.
It can be used with a Spinner or AutoCompleteTextView to separate the data from the display text much like the HTML <OPTION> tag.
mapData = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
mapData.put("shamu", "Nexus 6");
mapData.put("fugu", "Nexus Player");
mapData.put("volantisg", "Nexus 9 (LTE)");
mapData.put("volantis", "Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi)");
mapData.put("hammerhead", "Nexus 5 (GSM/LTE)");
mapData.put("razor", "Nexus 7 [2013] (Wi-Fi)");
mapData.put("razorg", "Nexus 7 [2013] (Mobile)");
mapData.put("mantaray", "Nexus 10");
mapData.put("occam", "Nexus 4");
mapData.put("nakasi", "Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)");
mapData.put("nakasig", "Nexus 7 (Mobile)");
mapData.put("tungsten", "Nexus Q");
// autocomplete only examines the KEY while filtering
acadapter = new LinkedHashMapAdapter<String, String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mapData, LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_ON_KEY);
// autocomplete only examines the VALUE while filtering
// acadapter = new LinkedHashMapAdapter<String, String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mapData, LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_ON_VALUE);
// autocomplete examines the KEY or VALUE while filtering
// acadapter = new LinkedHashMapAdapter<String, String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mapData, LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_ON_KEY | LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_ON_VALUE);
// fill in the EditText with the VALUE when an item is selected (default KEY)
// acadapter = new LinkedHashMapAdapter<String, String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mapData, LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_ON_KEY | LinkedHashMapAdapter.FLAG_FILTER_RESULT_USE_VALUE);
autocomplete = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.autocomplete);
autocomplete.setAdapter(acadapter);
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