[android] Android : Fill Spinner From Java Code Programmatically

Here is an example to fully programmatically:

  • init a Spinner.
  • fill it with data via a String List.
  • resize the Spinner and add it to my View.
  • format the Spinner font (font size, colour, padding).
  • clear the Spinner.
  • add new values to the Spinner.
  • redraw the Spinner.

I am using the following class vars:

Spinner varSpinner;
List<String> varSpinnerData;

float varScaleX;
float varScaleY;    

A - Init and render the Spinner (varRoot is a pointer to my main Activity):

public void renderSpinner() {


    List<String> myArraySpinner = new ArrayList<String>();

    myArraySpinner.add("red");
    myArraySpinner.add("green");
    myArraySpinner.add("blue");     

    varSpinnerData = myArraySpinner;

    Spinner mySpinner = new Spinner(varRoot);               

    varSpinner = mySpinner;

    ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(varRoot, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, myArraySpinner);
    spinnerArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); // The drop down vieww
    mySpinner.setAdapter(spinnerArrayAdapter);

B - Resize and Add the Spinner to my View:

    FrameLayout.LayoutParams myParamsLayout = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
            FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 
            FrameLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    myParamsLayout.gravity = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;             

    myParamsLayout.leftMargin = (int) (100 * varScaleX);
    myParamsLayout.topMargin = (int) (350 * varScaleY);             
    myParamsLayout.width = (int) (300 * varScaleX);;
    myParamsLayout.height = (int) (60 * varScaleY);;


    varLayoutECommerce_Dialogue.addView(mySpinner, myParamsLayout);

C - Make the Click handler and use this to set the font.

    mySpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int myPosition, long myID) {

            Log.i("renderSpinner -> ", "onItemSelected: " + myPosition + "/" + myID);

            ((TextView) parentView.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(Color.GREEN);
            ((TextView) parentView.getChildAt(0)).setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, (int) (varScaleY * 22.0f) );
            ((TextView) parentView.getChildAt(0)).setPadding(1,1,1,1);


        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView) {
            // your code here
        }

    });

}   

D - Update the Spinner with new data:

private void updateInitSpinners(){

     String mySelected = varSpinner.getSelectedItem().toString();
     Log.i("TPRenderECommerce_Dialogue -> ", "updateInitSpinners -> mySelected: " + mySelected);


     varSpinnerData.clear();

     varSpinnerData.add("Hello World");
     varSpinnerData.add("Hello World 2");

     ((BaseAdapter) varSpinner.getAdapter()).notifyDataSetChanged();
     varSpinner.invalidate();
     varSpinner.setSelection(1);

}

}

What I have not been able to solve in the updateInitSpinners, is to do varSpinner.setSelection(0); and have the custom font settings activated automatically.

UPDATE:

This "ugly" solution solves the varSpinner.setSelection(0); issue, but I am not very happy with it:

private void updateInitSpinners(){

    String mySelected = varSpinner.getSelectedItem().toString();
    Log.i("TPRenderECommerce_Dialogue -> ", "updateInitSpinners -> mySelected: " + mySelected);


    varSpinnerData.clear();

    ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(varRoot, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, varSpinnerData);
    spinnerArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); 
    varSpinner.setAdapter(spinnerArrayAdapter);  


    varSpinnerData.add("Hello World");
    varSpinnerData.add("Hello World 2");

    ((BaseAdapter) varSpinner.getAdapter()).notifyDataSetChanged();
    varSpinner.invalidate();
    varSpinner.setSelection(0);

}

}

Hope this helps......

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