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Using Spinner to change layouts

Using the below code I want to simply change layouts upon spinner value selection. However, when my activity loads, the spinner never loads the values to be selected.
Oddly enough when I remove the code for (and everything below it)
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
the spinner values show up again.
public class ListCarsActivity extends Activity implements OnItemClickListener, OnClickListener, OnItemSelectedListener {
public static final String TAG = "ListCarsActivity";
Spinner spinner;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.list_cars);
spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner3);
ArrayAdapter adapter= ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,R.array.domain,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
// initialize views
initViews();
}
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View view,
int position, long row_id) {
switch(position){
case 1:
setContentView(R.layout.list_cars);
break;
case 2:
setContentView(R.layout.list_owners);
break;
}
setContentView(R.layout.list_cars);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});

The spinner you are referring to is in your first activity. After you have replaced the content, the spinner isn't there anymore. If you have another spinner in the second layout, you have to reconnect it and set the listener again. Basically you have to run your onCreate stuff after every setContentView...
As a side note, whatever you are trying to do, this is probably not the way to go. To show another full layout, better use another activity.

The syntax and OnItemSelectedListener args

I use Eclipse ADT build:v21.1.0-569685, the Case One is an sample code from website, but it cause the error
"The type new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener(){} must implement the inherited abstract method AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener.onNothingSelected(AdapterView)"
so I have to use the Case Two, but sometimes the Case One is OK, what happened? Thanks!
Case One
private void InitSpinner(){
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter1 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,
nameList.toArray(new String[nameList.size()]));
adapter1.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerFolder.setAdapter(adapter1);
spinnerFolder.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
"cw", 2000).show();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}
Case Two
private void InitSpinner(){
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter1 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,
nameList.toArray(new String[nameList.size()]));
adapter1.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerFolder.setAdapter(adapter1);
spinnerFolder.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
"cw", 2000).show();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}

#Paul
Does the arguments name must be same?
No, the arguments name need not be same. And as such both codes are exactly identical and will work in same fashion.
Why I get
The type new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener(){} must implement the inherited abstract method AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener.onNothingSelected(AdapterView)
error?
I guess you must have copied that part of code from your other project's or must have copied directly from internet through some site. In here, You have copied the correct syntax, but have not done right imports for the same....
Try..
Ctrl+Shift+O to organise all the essential import required...
Hope it helps.....

Spinner OnItemSelectedListener Issue

I have problem with spinner control. I am trying to set spinner items dynamically. Initially I have one item in spinner.
When I try to register the spinner.setOnItemSelect Listener, it immediately call onItemSelected method of it. However I don't want to call this method as soon as my activity get started.
So for this I put a following condition.
public class SpinnerActivity extends Activity implements OnItemSelectedListener {
Spinner spinner;
String[] str_arr = {"aaaaaaaa"};
private int mSpinnerCount=0;
private int mSpinnerInitializedCount=0;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_spinner);
spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
spinner.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, str_arr));
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
mSpinnerCount=1;
}
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position, long id) {
if (mSpinnerInitializedCount < mSpinnerCount) {
mSpinnerInitializedCount++;
}
else {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, NextActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
}
}
But when I try to select an item on spinner it gives following warning in logcat,
09-03 13:02:02.528: W/InputManagerService(59): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy#450fafb8
I get the idea that until and unless Item of spinner won't change this method won't be called.
But I have one value in spinner, so how to get the focus, any idea?

Try this to what i said in comment...
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position, long id) {
if (position > 0) {
//Your actions
}
else {
// Nothing or can show a toast to say user to select a value...
}
}

Try like this
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position, long id) {
if (position != 0) {
//put your actions here
}
else {
// nothing here or toast
}
}

I think the below code are not right because you implements OnItemSelectedListener
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

You get this warning when you try to open already opened window, or try to do something like onFocus on already focused view.
Here you already have the item selected in the Spinner

Android Spinner - onItemSelected / setOnItemSelectedListener not triggering

This is driving me nuts since it's something I've done before but can't figure out why it isn't working now...
I've got a menu button, implemented in the usual way via a menu.xml file and the onOptionsItemSelected method with a switch in it, that creates and displays a spinner.
I've added the setOnItemSelectedListener, but it never seems to trigger. The spinner appears, I pick an option or back out, neither onItemSelected or onNothingSelected are called.
Here is all the code between the "case" and "return true" of the menu-button-handling switch statement. (topThis is a variable referring to the context of the activity - works fine for all other toasts in the app)
String[] widgetModes = {"Mode 1", "Mode2"};
ArrayAdapter<String> widgetModeAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String> (this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, widgetModes);
widgetModeAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
Spinner widgetModeSpinner = new Spinner(this);
widgetModeSpinner.setAdapter(widgetModeAdapter);
widgetModeSpinner.setPrompt("Choose Widget Mode");
widgetModeSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener()
{
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id)
{
Toast.makeText(topThis, "derp", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView)
{
Toast.makeText(topThis, "herf", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
widgetModeSpinner.performClick();
Any ideas? I vaguely suspect that the fact I'm creating the Spinner programmatically is the problem...

I had the similar problem when I was implementing a spinner, I resolved it by getting the parent View and set Adapter-
spinner1 =(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
spinner1.setAdapter(BindSpinner("ProgramMaster",cols,null,true,""));
spinner1.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener()
{
protected Adapter initializedAdapter=null;
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id)
{
if(initializedAdapter !=parentView.getAdapter() ) {
initializedAdapter = parentView.getAdapter();
return;
}
String selected = parentView.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
if(abc.equals("Select") && !selected.equals("Select"))
{
do something
}
else
{
Do something
}
textQualification=selected;
SearchUpdated("Qualification");
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView) {
// your code here
}
});

Remember that you can't re-select the same spinner item, it always sets the first item as selected if you are not adding some custom code to handle the spinner selection.
For the Toast not showing, I would suggest to always use the "MyActivity.this" as your context when creating a Toast inside a listener interface like this:
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
/**
* Called when a new item is selected (in the Spinner)
*/
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int pos, long id) {
// An spinnerItem was selected. You can retrieve the selected item using
// parent.getItemAtPosition(pos)
Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "Hello Toast",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
// Do nothing, just another required interface callback
}
}); // (optional)
And the .show() at the end is easy to forget sometimes;)

Actually, if your spinner visibility is set to gone then it will trigger the click of it when you call performclick() method but it will not trigger its setOnItemSelectedListener
so you need to change the visibility then it will work

I know the question is a bit old, but in case you are waiting for a AsyncTask callback, make sure that you let your adapter know of the data changes by calling notifyDataSetChanged() on the callback thread!
#Override
public void onPostExecute(String result) {
///do something with your data
spinnerArrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

Android custom listview, setOnItemSelectedListener not working

I'm just beginning Android development, and I'm working to get a Custom listview with a checkbox working. I've created a base class that extends Activity, Created an Adapter and overrode the getView() method to add the checkbox to the listview. I'm assuming I need to do this because I need something equivalent to didSelectRowIndexAtPath from Obj C to update my model. Please let me know if there's an alternate way of doing this too!
Now in my base class, I have the following code -
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//setContentView(R.layout);
setContentView(R.layout.facilityscreen);
/* Static Data source */
facilityModel = new FacilityDataModel[2];
facilityModel[0] = new FacilityDataModel();
facilityModel[1] = new FacilityDataModel();
facilityModel[0].setFacilityName("Test 1");
facilityModel[0].setFacilityID("Facid0001");
facilityModel[0].setChecked(false);
facilityModel[1].setFacilityName("Test 2");
facilityModel[1].setFacilityID("Facid0002");
facilityModel[1].setChecked(true);
facilityListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.facilityListView);
FacilityScreenAdapter adapter = new FacilityScreenAdapter(this, facilityModel);
facilityListView.setAdapter(adapter);
myPatBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myPatBtn);
myPatBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int i=0;
i++;
}});
facilityListView.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
int i=0;
i++;
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}
My problem now is the setOnItemSelectedListener isn't getting called at all. Been struggling with this for a couple of hours now, and I can't figure out why it wouldn't get called at all.
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
Teja.

I know this is an outdated answer but I'm going to write it just in case some other fellow who has the same "problem" bumps onto this page :
The solution to the above problem which is not a problem but just a misunderstanding is that the ListView.onItemSelected() event is fired up, upon :
1) Navigating through the emulators-cross handles or
2) as far-as my HTC-Hero is concerned, the rolling-action on the white little roller-ball.
You don't have to extend your activity explicitly to a ListActivity.
Here's my tiny little code which retrieves a phone number from
a TextView control, inside a listview item.
When the user either touches the list item or scrolls through the list with
the little roller-ball the below Events, fire up and MakeACall() method is called :
myList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long i)
{
TextView myPhone = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.txtphone);
MakeACall(myPhone.getText().toString());
}
});
myList.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener()
{
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long i)
{
TextView myPhone = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.txtphone);
MakeACall(myPhone.getText().toString());
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
I hope that was helpful... :)

There exists already the possibility to have a ListView with checkboxes.
public class List11 extends ListActivity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, GENRES));
final ListView listView = getListView();
listView.setItemsCanFocus(false);
listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
}
private static final String[] GENRES = new String[] {
"Action", "Adventure", "Animation", "Children", "Comedy", "Documentary", "Drama",
"Foreign", "History", "Independent", "Romance", "Sci-Fi", "Television", "Thriller"
};
}
I've taken this from the APIDemos 'cause it was the simplest. You can then get the selected items by using:
long[] selectedIds = getListView().getCheckItemIds();
What you may also be interested in is the CheckedTextView which is used internally in the list.
To the part of the onListItemClick problem
Try to extend from ListActivity rather than Activity. Then override the onListItemClick. That should work.

use
setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position, long l) {
// here you code
}
})
instead of setOnItemSelectedListener
As setOnItemSelectedListener is called when item is being selected not clicked so to get clicked item you must use setOnItemClickListener this will work

You should set all focusable items in custom list layout to false:
android:focusable="false"
also I think you should not use attributes like android:clickable="true" for them.

The lack of the item selected listener getting called is by design and is based on which mode the device is in. In touch mode, there is no focus and no selection. Your UI should use widgets that differentiate between touch for selection versus touch for scrolling. Radio buttons, for example, are good when there is a single selection choice.