Spinner : onItemSelected not called when selected item remains the same

Question

I have a OnItemSelectedListener for my Spinner, but it is not called when the selected item is the same as the previous one. Apparently the O

Answer 1

I had same problem, I solved it by setting onItemSelectedListener every time adapter changes items.

Answer 2

To make your spinner change despite the value of the last index selected just use a:

spinner.setSelection(0); 

before your other selection is called

spinner.setSelection(number); 

this way, the spinner will trigger two times the OnItemSelected event. Just make sure the second time it does whatever you need.

Answer 3

i found a simple solution

just call setAdapter again in place of notifyDataSetChanged for the second spinner

Answer 4

Rewrote the common solution but with:

1. androidx in mind
2. extended from AppCompatSpinner
3. use built-in OnItemSelectedListener listener instead of creating own one
4. added initial listener call hack

Here:

import android.content.Context;

import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSpinner;


public class FixedSpinner extends AppCompatSpinner {
    // add other constructors that you need
    public FixedSpinner(Context context, int mode) {
        super(context, mode);
    }

    private void processSelection(int position) {
        boolean sameSelected = position == getSelectedItemPosition();
        final OnItemSelectedListener listener = getOnItemSelectedListener();
        if (sameSelected && listener != null) {
            // Spinner does not call the OnItemSelectedListener if the same item is selected, so do it manually now
            listener.onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void setSelection(int position) {
        processSelection(position);
        super.setSelection(position);
    }

    @Override
    public void setSelection(int position, boolean animate) {
        processSelection(position);
        super.setSelection(position, animate);
    }

    @Override
    public void setOnItemSelectedListener(@Nullable OnItemSelectedListener listener) {
        // This hack fixes bug, when immediately after initialization, listener is called
        // To make this fix work, first add data, only then set listener
        // Having done this, you may refresh adapter data as many times as you want
        setSelection(0, false);
        super.setOnItemSelectedListener(listener);
    }
}

Answer 5

Here a little better implementation:

public class SpinnerPlus extends Spinner {
    AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener listener;

    public SpinnerPlus(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    public void setSelection(int position) {
        super.setSelection(position);
        if (listener != null)
            listener.onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, 0);
    }

    public void setOnItemSelectedEvenIfUnchangedListener(
            AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener listener) {
        this.listener = listener;
    }
}

Answer 6

Ok, I finally found a solution, by creating my own class extending Spinner :

public class MySpinner extends Spinner {
OnItemSelectedListener listener;

public MySpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

@Override
public void setSelection(int position) {
    super.setSelection(position);
    if (listener != null)
        listener.onItemSelected(null, null, position, 0);
}

public void setOnItemSelectedEvenIfUnchangedListener(
        OnItemSelectedListener listener) {
    this.listener = listener;
}
}