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How to update a spinner dynamically?
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i have added my data in array.xml file and link to
<string-array name="state">
<item>ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS</item>
<item>ANDHRA PRADESH</item>
<item>ARUNACHAL PRADESH</item>
<Spinner
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/drpstate"
android:entries="@array/state"/>
i want to change this entries dynamically
thanks in advance ..
Use adapter.add() to add data and then call adapter.notifyDataSetChanged() to apply changes.
Spinner spinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.mySpinner);
List<String> list = Arrays.asList(getResources().getStringArray(R.array.state));
ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, list);
spinnerAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(spinnerAdapter);
spinnerAdapter.add("DELHI");
spinnerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
You can achieve this in Java code as follows:
List<String> categories = new ArrayList<String>();
categories.add("Automobile");
categories.add("Business Services");
categories.add("Computers");
categories.add("Education");
categories.add("Personal");
categories.add("Travel");
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, categories);
spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
Source: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_spinner_control.htm
You do this using a any subclass of the BaseAdapter. Assuming you want to load data from the database you use the SimpleCursorAdapter.
String[] from = new String[]{"nameOfColumn"}; //nameOfColumn is the name of the column in cursor to display in the spinner.
int[] to = new int[]{android.R.id.text1};
SimpleCursorAdapter cursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter (this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, null, from, to, 0);
cursorAdapter.setDropDownViewResource (android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
binding.paymentChannelSpinner.setAdapter (cursorAdapter);
binding.paymentChannelSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener (new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener () {
@Override
public void onItemSelected (AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
if (i != -1) {
Cursor c = (Cursor) adapterView.getItemAtPosition (i);
}
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected (AdapterView<?> adapterView) {
}
});
after getting your data as a cursor from the database you will set the cursor to the adapter like this:
cursorAdapter.changeCursor(cursorFromDB);
However, if the data is in a java array you can user an Arrayadapter