package com.example.spinners;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
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 MainActivity extends Activity {
String[] presidents;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main1);
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) {}
});
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Spinner
android:id="@+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop = "true"/>
</LinearLayout>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">Spinners</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string-array name = "presidents_array">
<item>Dwight D. Eisenhower</item>
<item>John F. Kenneday</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>