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 found out this work instead of the one provided

/** Spinner extension that calls onItemSelected even when the selection is the same as its previous value */
public class NDSpinner extends Spinner {

  public NDSpinner(Context context)
  { super(context); }

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

  public NDSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
  { super(context, attrs, defStyle); }

  @Override public void
  setSelection(int position, boolean animate)
  {
    boolean sameSelected = position == getSelectedItemPosition();
    super.setSelection(position, animate);
    if (sameSelected) {
      // Spinner does not call the OnItemSelectedListener if the same item is selected, so do it manually now
      getOnItemSelectedListener().onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());
    }
  }

  @Override public void
  setSelection(int position)
  {
    boolean sameSelected = position == getSelectedItemPosition();
    super.setSelection(position);
    if (sameSelected) {
      // Spinner does not call the OnItemSelectedListener if the same item is selected, so do it manually now
      getOnItemSelectedListener().onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

If it's still actual, correct call of the callback should be

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

Martin

Answer 3

Simplest solution :

spinner.performItemClick(view,position,id)

Answer 4

Here is a better implementation -

Custom Spinner Class -

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSpinner;

public class CSpinner extends AppCompatSpinner {

    private int lastPosition = 0;

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

    @Override
    public void setSelection(int position) {
        super.setSelection(position);
        boolean sameSelected = lastPosition == getSelectedItemPosition();
        OnItemSelectedListener onItemSelectedListener = getOnItemSelectedListener();
        if (sameSelected && onItemSelectedListener != null) {
            onItemSelectedListener.onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());
        }
        lastPosition = position;
    }
}

Setting Listener -

spn.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            Log.d("onItemSelected", String.valueOf(position));
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
            
        }
    });