Spinner on selection listener
package app.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class Test extends Activity {
String[] presidents;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
presidents = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.presidents_array);
Spinner s1 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, presidents);
s1.setAdapter(adapter);
s1.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
int index = arg0.getSelectedItemPosition();
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),
"You have selected item : " + presidents[index],
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
}
});
}
}
//main.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"
>
<Spinner
android:id="@+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" />
</LinearLayout>
//strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, MainActivity!</string>
<string name="app_name">BasicViews5</string>
<string-array name="presidents_array">
<item>Dwight D. Eisenhower</item>
<item>John F. Kennedy</item>
<item>Lyndon B. Johnson</item>
<item>Richard Nixon</item>
<item>Gerald Ford</item>
<item>Jimmy Carter</item>
<item>Ronald Reagan</item>
<item>George H. W. Bush</item>
<item>Bill Clinton</item>
<item>George W. Bush</item>
<item>Barack Obama</item>
</string-array>
</resources>
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