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Spinner items not displayed in spinner and spinner onClick listener not working

I am getting values from json string and add it in arraylist getSpinArrList.I have posted the relevant code.
My issue is, Spinner not showing the first item and OnItemClick is not working in spinner.
But If I click spinner, I can view only the items I am getting from arraylist.
MainActivity.java:
Spinner spinCrePage;
spinCrePage = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.sp_create_page);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter_state = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, getSpinArrList);
adapter_state.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinCrePage.setAdapter(adapter_state);
spinCrePage.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Working" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
spinCrePage.setSelection(position);
String selState = (String) spinCrePage.getSelectedItem();
// textView.setText("Selected Android OS:" + selState);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}

onItemSelected, you have to create a switch case using the position. For every position create a case and implement it with ur desiered code...
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Working" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
break;
case 1:
//code
break;
}
}

please Use this code and Follow these steps
List of Items in Spinner
Open “res/values/strings.xml” file, define the list of items that will display in Spinner (dropdown list).
File : res/values/strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">MyAndroidApp</string>
<string name="country_prompt">Choose a country</string>
<string-array name="country_arrays">
<item>Malaysia</item>
<item>United States</item>
<item>Indonesia</item>
<item>France</item>
<item>Italy</item>
<item>Singapore</item>
<item>New Zealand</item>
<item>India</item>
</string-array>
Create a xml file res/layout/main.xml
use country_arrays in Spinner entries
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/country_arrays"
android:prompt="#string/country_prompt" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnSubmit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Submit" />
</LinearLayout>
Code
Create Java file MyAndroidAppActivity.java
package com.webastral.drinkin.home;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MyAndroidAppActivity extends Activity {
private Spinner spinner1, spinner2;
private Button btnSubmit;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
addItemsOnSpinner2();
addListenerOnButton();
addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection();
}
// add items into spinner dynamically
public void addItemsOnSpinner2() {
spinner2 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("list 1");
list.add("list 2");
list.add("list 3");
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, list);
dataAdapter
.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner2.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
}
public void addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection() {
spinner1 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
spinner1.setOnItemSelectedListener(new CustomOnItemSelectedListener());
}
// get the selected dropdown list value
public void addListenerOnButton() {
spinner1 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
spinner2 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
btnSubmit = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSubmit);
btnSubmit.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(
MyAndroidAppActivity.this,
"OnClickListener : " + "\nSpinner 1 : "
+ String.valueOf(spinner1.getSelectedItem())
+ "\nSpinner 2 : "
+ String.valueOf(spinner2.getSelectedItem()),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}
Create Java File CustomOnItemSelectedListener.java
package com.webastral.drinkin.home;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class CustomOnItemSelectedListener implements OnItemSelectedListener {
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos,
long id) {
Toast.makeText(
parent.getContext(),
"OnItemSelectedListener : "
+ parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
Hope This wil Help you

In your application, i think the only time when the toast doesn't appear is when you are selecting the same item twice consecutively. I tried out your code and it works fine for me. You might want to remove the
spinCrePage.setSelection(position);
from your code. It doesn't have any use at all.
The OnItemSelected() will be triggered only when you select a different item from the previous item in the Spinner.
And as far as the problem of "Spinner not showing the first item", you should probably check the contents of your arraylist. See if anything is getting removed during execution or something. Check loops with which you are adding data into arraylist.
"OnClick not working" : I am pretty sure that the Spinner doesn't have an OnClickListener, Spinners uses OnItemSelectedListener().

Android Spinner: Application cannot compile when using setVisibility on spinner

I've been having issues when trying to setVisibility to a spinner. Basically there are two spinners. The first spinner has the options yes and no. When the program starts the default option will be yes and the second spinner should be invisible. When the user selects no on the first spinner then the second spinner becomes visible. When I comment out the code for visibility the program compiles on the emulator.
I don't know why the app keeps crashing as soon as i try to make the spinner visible or invisible. Any help would be much appreciated. I thank you in advance for your time and effort.
This is my main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView android:text="#string/CO" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/co" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/attendance"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/Attendance"
android:prompt="#string/present" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/status"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/Status"
android:prompt="#string/status" />
</LinearLayout>
This is strings.xml
<resources>
<string name="app_name">Parade State Gen</string>
<string name="CO">CO</string>
<string name="present">Present?</string>
<string name="status">Status</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
<string-array name="Attendance">
<item>Yes</item>
<item>No</item>
</string-array>
<string-array name="Status">
<item>LL</item>
<item>OL</item>
<item>PCL</item>
<item>CCL</item>
<item>O/S</item>
<item>CNB</item>
<item>TNB</item>
<item>MC</item>
<item>RSO</item>
<item>RS</item>
<item>OC</item>
<item>AS</item>
<item>AO</item>
</string-array>
This is the main class
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Spinner attendance, status;
private Button btnSubmit;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
addItemsOnAttendance();
//addListenerOnButton();
}
public void addItemsOnAttendance() {
attendance = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.attendance);
final ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.Attendance, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
attendance.setAdapter(adapter);
attendance.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id) {
String myData = attendance.getSelectedItem().toString();
int pos = adapter.getPosition(myData);
if (pos == 1) {
status.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
//Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), myData + " already in Spinner", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection();
} else {
}
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView) {
// your code here
}
});
}
public void addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection () {
status = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.status);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.Status, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
status.setAdapter(adapter);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

You initialize spinner variable after call setVisiblity, that's why you receiving NullPointerException. It should be something like that:
addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection();
status.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
Btw, read something about logcat - it impossible to do android apps without it.

Add user input into a ListView on button click

I am trying to make a TO DO LIST. I have a EditText, Button, and ListView. On button click I want to add, what I typed into the EditText into a ListView.
main_activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter task"
android:textSize="24dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/addTaskBtn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add Task"
android:layout_below="#+id/editText"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=" Task"
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_below="#+id/addTaskBtn"
android:background="#5e5e5e"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="14dp"/>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_below="#+id/header"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
Main_ToDoList.java
package com.example.todolist;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Main_ToDoList extends Activity implements OnClickListener
{
private Button btnAdd;
private EditText et;
private ListView lv;
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
btnAdd = (Button)findViewById(R.id.addTaskBtn);
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(this);
et = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1, list);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
}
public void onClick(View v)
{
String input = et.getText().toString();
if(input.length() > 0)
{
list.add(input);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main__to_do_list, menu);
return true;
}
}
The code doesn't work, new to android developing, and just trying to create a simple To Do List. Thanks for your help!

This should do it.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
btnAdd = (Button)findViewById(R.id.addTaskBtn);
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(this);
et = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1, list);
// set the lv variable to your list in the xml
lv=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
}
public void onClick(View v)
{
String input = et.getText().toString();
if(input.length() > 0)
{
// add string to the adapter, not the listview
adapter.add(input);
// no need to call adapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); as it is done by the adapter.add() method
}
}

you need to find your listview and then set the adapter:
lv=(ListView)findViewById(android.R.id.yourlistview);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);

How to link listView to another class when list item is selected?

Hi I am trying to make an app that shows a list of items using listView and when the user select one of the items from the list. the app will call the specific class that is link to the item selected however i encountered an error at the second #override, saying that the override must override a super class. Here are my codes for class and xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/botanicgate" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
package com.fyp.gulliver;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class HotSpot extends ListActivity{
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
String places[] = {"BotanicGarden", "Sentosa"};
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.hotspot);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
listView.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter
(HotSpot.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
places));
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Class ourClass;
String item = ((TextView)view).getText().toString();
try {
ourClass = Class.forName
("com.fyp.gulliver." + item);
Intent ourIntent = new Intent(HotSpot.this, ourClass);
startActivity(ourIntent);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
}
As i am still new to android, thus i do not know what mistakes i have made, I will be grateful if another one can help me to solve my error thank you :D

Try changing this:
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener();
to
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener();
and remove the 2nd #Override

Android 2.2 requestFocus() and spinners

I'm having problems using s.requestFocus() when s is a spinner. Is there a special treatment to get it to work when it's a spinner ?
Thanks

try this code..
spinner.setFocusable(true);
spinner.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

I'm guessing you aren't literally just looking to "give focus" to the spinner. When you give focus to an EditText, the keyboard pops up, so you may be expecting the spinner selection to "open up" on focus - but it doesn't work that way (don't ask me why). Use s.performClick() to do this - it will act just as if the user clicked on the spinner control.

use this
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class dynamic_spinner_main extends Activity {
private Spinner m_myDynamicSpinner;
private EditText m_addItemText;
private ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> m_adapterForSpinner;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_spinner);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//grab our UI elements so we can manipulate them (in the case of the Spinner)
// or add listeners to them (in the case of the buttons)
m_myDynamicSpinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.dynamicSpinner);
m_addItemText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.newSpinnerItemText);
Button addButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.AddBtn);
Button clearButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.ClearBtn);
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//create an arrayAdapter an assign it to the spinner
m_adapterForSpinner = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
m_adapterForSpinner.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
m_myDynamicSpinner.setAdapter(m_adapterForSpinner);
m_adapterForSpinner.add("gr");
m_myDynamicSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id) {
// your code here
Intent mIntent=new Intent(dynamic_spinner_main.this,sampleLocalization.class);
mIntent.putExtra("lang", m_myDynamicSpinner.getItemIdAtPosition(position));
System.out.println("Spinner value...."+m_myDynamicSpinner.getSelectedItem().toString());
startActivity(mIntent);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView) {
// your code here
}
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//add listener for addButton
addButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
addNewSpinnerItem();
}
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//add listener for addButton
clearButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
clearSpinnerItems();
}
});
}
private void addNewSpinnerItem() {
CharSequence textHolder = "" + m_addItemText.getText();
m_adapterForSpinner.add(textHolder);
}
private void clearSpinnerItems() {
m_adapterForSpinner.clear();
m_adapterForSpinner.add("dummy item");
}
}
main_spinner.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="4px"
android:id="#+id/newSpinnerItemText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"></EditText>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/AddBtn"
android:layout_margin="4px"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:text="Add To Spinner"></Button>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/ClearBtn"
android:layout_margin="4px"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:text="Clear Spinner Items"></Button>
<Spinner android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/dynamicSpinner"
android:layout_margin="4px"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"></Spinner>
</LinearLayout>

Spinner isn't focusable by default (source). So you have to make it focusable either in xml
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner"
android:focusable="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_conten"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
or in code
findViewById(R.id.spinner).setFocusable(true);