Adding the tags `android:focusableInTouchMode="true"` and `android:focusable="true"` to the parent layout (e.g. LinearLayout or ConstraintLayout) like in the following example, will fix the problem.
<!-- Dummy item to prevent AutoCompleteTextView from receiving focus -->
<LinearLayout
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px"/>
<!-- :nextFocusUp and :nextFocusLeft have been set to the id of this component
to prevent the dummy from receiving focus again -->
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autotext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:nextFocusUp="@id/autotext"
android:nextFocusLeft="@id/autotext"/>
Adding the tags `android:focusableInTouchMode="true"` and `android:focusable="true"` to the parent layout (e.g. `LinearLayout` or `ConstraintLayout`) like in the following example, will fix the problem.
```
<!-- Dummy item to prevent AutoCompleteTextView from receiving focus -->
<LinearLayout
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="0px"
android:layout_height="0px"/>
<!-- :nextFocusUp and :nextFocusLeft have been set to the id of this component
to prevent the dummy from receiving focus again -->
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autotext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:nextFocusUp="@id/autotext"
android:nextFocusLeft="@id/autotext"/>
```
