Android Kotlin onItemSelectedListener for spinner not working

Question

I have a spinner with some items (strings). I want to add the selected items to a list. I read online that I should use the onItemSelectedListenerrather than the

Answer 1

string will not be able to check using '==' instead you need to use equals("string")

if (selectedItem.equals("Add new category")) {
            // do your stuff
        }