How to make On Item Selected not automatically choose the first entry

Question

I have created a spinner which is automatically updated with appliance names when a person adds an appliance using an array adapter. I created an OnItemSelected method with

Answer 1

Does anyone know a way in which the first item on the list wont be automatically selected?

There is always a selection on Spinner, and you cannot change that.

IMHO, you should not be using a Spinner to trigger starting an activity.

That being said, you can use a boolean to track whether this is the first selection event, and ignore it if it is.