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Spinner listener OnItemSelectedListener function without click on spinner

I have an activity Advanced Research, with a spinner that contains all category from my db. When i create the activity, this spinner call onSetItemListener in loop. Why?
I try to use onTouchListener but not working, maybe i fail something.
if(risultato.getCategoria().getSottocategorie().toArray() != null && risultato.getCategoria().getSottocategorie().toArray().length != 0){
adapterSpinnerCategoria = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, risultato.getCategoria().getSottocategorie().toArray());
}else{
adapterSpinnerCategoria = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, categoriaVuota);
}
spinnerCategoria.setAdapter(adapterSpinnerCategoria);
public void spinnerChange(AdapterView<?> parent){
if(!parent.getSelectedItem().toString().equals("Sottocategorie vuote")) {
ricercaAvanzata.setCategoria((Categoria) parent.getSelectedItem());
setArticoli();
}
}
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
spinnerChange(parent);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
return;
}
public void setListener() {
spinnerCategoria.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
}
public class ActivityRicercaAvanzata extends AppCompatActivity implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener { .... }
I expect that when i click on spinner call onItemSelected not before

i am using Spinner for Country Selection for User Registration.
please vote my answer.
Spinner spcountry;
String country;
//in onCreare
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
spcountry = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.country);
final String[] countryNames = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.countries_array);
ArrayAdapter aa = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, countryNames);
aa.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
//Setting the ArrayAdapter data on the Spinner
spcountry.setAdapter(aa);
spcountry.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
Log.v("item", (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position));
if (position == 0) {
return;
} else
country = countryNames[position];
//Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),country,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}

From what I can see, you are extending AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener.
You cannot extend it since OnItemSelectedListener is an interface, not a class.
What you actually should be doing is, implementing it instead, like so:
MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {
}
Then you can set the OnItemSelectedListener on the Spinner,
spinnerCategoria.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
And the final step would be to write the implementation for the overridden methods,
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
//Your implementation here
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
//Your implementation here
}

Ok, mark as solved thx. I create a new List and i convert my set into list. After this operation i add a null element at first position, and when i'm call onItemSelected, i do
if(position != 0)then
//do something
Activity start always at position 0 then must wait my click and my choice. Thx all for help me.

Clickable custom array list

How can I make this custom array list clickable to go to the others activities because I tried the intents but it doesn't work
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ArrayList<Names> namesArrayList = new ArrayList<Names>();
namesArrayList.add(new Names(R.drawable.call_centre, "Call Centre"));
namesArrayList.add(new Names(R.drawable.soco_academy_icon, "Academy"));
NamesAdapter NamesListAdapter = new NamesAdapter(this, namesArrayList);
ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.List_View);
list.setAdapter(NamesListAdapter);
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
}
});
}
}

In onItemClick() you can determine which item was clicked by doing this:
Name selectedName = NamesListAdapter.getItem(position);
Then you can do whatever you want with that.

how do i preserve item selected from spinner even after exiting app?

Here is my code below, which is getting item from spinner on click
public class SpinnerActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {
private Spinner spinner1,spinner2,spinner3;
private static final String[] sports = {
"Hockey","Cricket","Football","Basketball","Badminton","Tennis"
};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_spinner);
spinner1 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.drop_down);
spinner2 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.drop_down2);
spinner3 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.drop_down3);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,sports);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner1.setAdapter(adapter);
spinner2.setAdapter(adapter);
spinner3.setAdapter(adapter);
}
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
String item = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
}
How do I preserve the selected spinners' item even after exiting the application?

You can use SharedPreference to store the selected value position/id/string.
Simply add this line when you get String item
Editor edit = context.getSharedPreferences("Name_of_sf",Context.MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
edit.putString("selected_item", item);
edit.commit();
And can simply retrieve the value as
context.getSharedPreferences("Name_of_sf",Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getString("selected_item", "");

For more info #AnirudhSohil you could see the official documentation, it has a very detail examples, I hope that it helps you.
http://developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/shared-preferences.html

OnItemSelected not being called

This should be simple but I'm having a lot of trouble with an AutoCompleteTextView having it's OnItemSelected method being called.
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements OnItemSelectedListener {
private List<Contact> contactsList = new ArrayList<>();
private List<String> forAutoComplete = new ArrayList<>();
private List<Contact> selectedList = new ArrayList<>();
AutoCompleteTextView textView;
#Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, forAutoComplete);
textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)
findViewById(R.id.editText);
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
textView.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id) {
Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(),
"OnItemSelectedListener : " + parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
textView.setText("");
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
Toast.makeText( this,
"Nothing selected",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
textView.setText("");
}
None of my toasts are being called.
Thanks.

Althought in docs I noticed that it is valid to use onItemSelectedListener.
For AutoComplete TextView, you should use onItemClickListener, since it's more correct than other, as the ItemSelect is more specified for ListViews.
Check this tutorial on how to use it. Dont forget to initialize your Listener!

Android: Changing a textview with in a different Activity

I am trying to change textview properties of a textview that looks like this:
In a seperate Activity that looks like this:
I tried to do this with bundles but I can't get it to work.
This is how my BookActivity looks like:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.book_activity);
//this is where the size property comes in
Integer size = getIntent().getExtras().getInt("SGRkey");
TextView test2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.booktext);
test2.setTextSize(size);
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.kapitelspinner);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.kapitel_array, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new MyOnItemSelectedListener());
}
public class MyOnItemSelectedListener implements OnItemSelectedListener {
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent,
View view, int pos, long id) {
Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(),
parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
final String[] theporn = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.allkapitel);
TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.booktext);
text.setText(theporn[pos]);
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView parent) {
// Do nothing.
}
(i pick the chapter string in the spinner and that works just fine.)
And this is how my SettingsActivity looks like:
public class SettingsActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.settings_view);
Spinner SGRspinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.schriftgroeße_spinner);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> SGRadapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.schriftgroesse_list, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
SGRadapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
SGRspinner.setAdapter(SGRadapter);
}
public class SGROnItemSelectedListener implements OnItemSelectedListener {
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent,
View view, int pos, long id) {
Intent answer = new Intent();
Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(),
parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
final String[] SGRstring = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.schriftgroesse_list);
int SGRint = Integer.parseInt(SGRstring[pos]);
Bundle size = new Bundle();
size.putInt("SGRkey", SGRint);
Intent nextActivity = new Intent(com.asm.reader.SettingsActivity.this, com.asm.reader.BookActivity.class);
nextActivity.putExtras(size);
com.asm.reader.SettingsActivity.this.startActivity(nextActivity);
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView parent) {
// Do nothing.
}
}
I get an error when I try this. All activities are declared in the manifest. I really don't know how to go on. I'm pretty new to this, so sorry if this is something simple, but any help would be greatly appreciated!! :-)

Make your textview static. That is, declare it as a public static class variable. Then you can call it directly from the other activity like this: firstActivity.myTextView.setText("foo");