Populate spinner with years dynamically in Android?

Question

I have been racking my brain trying to get this to work. I want to dynamically enter in years from 1900 to the current year into a spinner. I don\'t think that this is possible

Answer 1

I hope it will help you.

static final String[] Months = new String[] { "January", "February",
            "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
            "October", "November", "December" };

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 // Set years
        ArrayList<String> years = new ArrayList<String>();
        int thisYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
        for (int i = 1900; i <= thisYear; i++) {
            years.add(Integer.toString(i));
        }
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, years);

        Spinner spinYear = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerYears);
        spinYear.setAdapter(adapter);
        // Set months
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapterMonths = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, Months);
        adapterMonths.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

        Spinner spinMonths = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerMonths);
        spinMonths.setAdapter(adapterMonths);
        // Set days
        ArrayList<String> days = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int i = 1; i <= 31; i++) {
            days.add(Integer.toString(i));
        }
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapterDays = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, days);

        Spinner spinDays = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerDays);
        spinDays.setAdapter(adapterDays);

Answer 2

You're very close. Try this:

ArrayList<String> years = new ArrayList<String>();
int thisYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
for (int i = 1900; i <= thisYear; i++) {
    years.add(Integer.toString(i));
}
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, years);

Spinner spinYear = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.yearspin);
spinYear.setAdapter(adapter);

You just forgot to add

spinYear.setAdapter(adapter);