displaying value, but selecting an id from drop down list

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1-The user types 2 letters in the autocomplete text box 2- Those 2 letters get saved and used in a web service method in order to retrieve all users who start with those 2 letters 3- XML result get returned, and get parsed, and we retrieve the user name+ the id and save each one in different ArrayList 4-the result from the first name arraylist get puts in an a dropdown list (the autocomplete one) 5- The user select an item from the drop list items

-- I need to display the name in the drop down list, however, when the user chooses a name, that user ID should be selected and saved as a String in order to be used for another query. Question is: How to display the name but select the ID for that name

    //Textwatcher for assignee input -start
    AutoCompleteTextView assigneeInput;
    assigneeInput = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(id.editassignee);
    assigneeInput.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
       @Override
       public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
           getContactsForAssignee();
       }
       @Override
       public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {}
       @Override
       public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {}
    });
    //Textwatcher for assignee input -end

    }

    //Method to get Contacts for the assignee autocomplete - Start
    public void getContactsForAssignee(){
                      //webservice call method

        }
    //Method to get Contacts for the assignee autocomplete - End

    public void receiveResults10(String result10){

            try{

//Dom parsing set up

                        List<String> valSetOne = new ArrayList<String>();
                        List<String> valSetTwo = new ArrayList<String>();
                        ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> menuItems = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();


             for (int i = 0; i < nodesUDSObjectList.getLength(); i++) {
                   Element elementUDSObject = (Element) nodesUDSObjectList.item(i);
              NodeList nodesAttributeList = elementUDSObject.getElementsByTagName("Attribute");

              HashMap<String, String> mapp = new HashMap<String, String>();


            for (int iA = 0; iA < nodesAttributeList.getLength(); iA++) {
            Element elementAttribute = (Element) nodesAttributeList.item(iA);
            //You have attribute(iA)


            NodeList AttrNameElementList = (NodeList) elementAttribute.getElementsByTagName("AttrName");
            String nameValue = getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)(AttrNameElementList.item(0)));

            System.out.println("name"+nameValue);

            NodeList AttrValueElementList = (NodeList) elementAttribute.getElementsByTagName("AttrValue");
            String valueValue = getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)(AttrValueElementList.item(0)));

            if(nameValue.equals("name")){
                valSetOne.add(valueValue);
                mapp.put(COMBO_NAME,valueValue);
                }
            if(nameValue.equals("id")){
                valSetTwo.add(valueValue);
                mapp.put(PERSISTENT_ID,valueValue);
                }
            }
            menuItems.add(mapp);
             }
             AutoCompleteTextView editAssignee;
             ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;

            adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,valSetOne);
            editAssignee = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.editassignee);
            editAssignee.setAdapter(adapter);

            }

            catch (Exception e) {

            e.printStackTrace();


            }

        }

    public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e) {

    }

    //Beginning of method to actually save the ticket executed on click of the "save" button
    public void SaveThisIncident(View v){
    AutoCompleteTextView editAssigneeInput = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.editassignee); //receiving the users input for assignee
        String thisIsAssignee = editAssigneeInput.getText().toString();
        }

asked 40 secs ago

Mash

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displaying value, but selecting an id from drop down list