Android Spinner Example

Android Spinner and Toast displays the selected item in a Spinner.

Main Layout Xml

spinner_page.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spversions"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp" />

</RelativeLayout>



MainActivity File

SpinnerPage.java

package com.example.spinner;

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 SpinnerPage extends Activity implements OnItemSelectedListener {
    private Spinner spversions;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.spinner_page);
        spversions = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spversions);

        String[] android_versions = { "Cupcake", "Donut", "Eclair", "Froyo",
                "Gingerbread", "Honeycomb", "Ice Cream Sandwich", "Jelly Bean",
                "KitKat", "Lolipop" };

        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter_versions = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, android_versions);

        adapter_versions
                .setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

        spversions.setAdapter(adapter_versions);
        spversions.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
            long id) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        spversions.setSelection(position);
        String selected_version = (String) spversions.getSelectedItem();
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                "Selected item:" + selected_version, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}












Screen Shots

Selected item displays in a Toast

Android ListView

Android ListView with Toast displaying the Item selected.


MainLayout File

list_view_page.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listversions"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
    </ListView>

</RelativeLayout>


ListView row TextView from different xml file (res/layout/samplerow.xml)

samplerow.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:textSize="15sp" >

</TextView>



Java Code in MainActivity oncreate method

ListViewPage.java

package com.example.listview;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class ListViewPage extends Activity {
    private ListView samplelistview;
    private ArrayAdapter<String> listadapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.list_view_page);

        // Find the Listview resource
        samplelistview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listversions);

        // Create List of android versions
        String[] android_versions = { "Cupcake", "Donut", "Eclair", "Froyo",
                "Gingerbread", "Honeycomb", "Ice Cream Sandwich", "Jelly Bean",
                "KitKat", "Lolipop" };
        ArrayList<String> androidlist = new ArrayList<String>();
        androidlist.addAll(Arrays.asList(android_versions));

        // create array adapter for androidlist
        listadapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.samplerow,
                androidlist);

        // set array adapter as ListView's adapter
        samplelistview.setAdapter(listadapter);

        samplelistview.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                    int position, long id) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                String Item_clicked = parent.getItemAtPosition(position)
                        .toString();
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        "Version Selected:" + Item_clicked, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                        .show();

            }
        });

    }
}


Screen Shots:
 Run the application.

Click on the item in the list, Toast displays the selected item.