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

It worked for me,

private boolean isSpinnerInitial = true;

    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
            int position, long id) {

        if(isSpinnerInitial)
        {
            isSpinnerInitial = false;
        }
        else  {
            // do your work...
        }

    }

Answer 2

If you are trying to avoid the initial call to your listener's onItemSelected() method, another option is to use post() to take advantage of the view's message queue. The first time the spinner checks for your listener it won't be set yet.

// Set initial selection
spinner.setSelection(position);

// Post to avoid initial invocation
spinner.post(new Runnable() {
  @Override public void run() {
    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
      @Override
      public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        // Only called when the user changes the selection
      }

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Declare variable isSpinnerInitial then make Make a Selection as your default selection

spinnertaggeview.setSelection(-1); does not make selection as -1 or everything unselected as we do in .Net or other language . So you can ignore thatline.

testStringArrayListinside.add("Make a Selection");
ADD this line so that this is selected by default and user never selects it 

testStringArrayList = (ArrayList<String>) ClinqLinX.get("Tag");
                boolean added = false;
             testStringArrayListinside.add("Make a Selection");
                for (String s : testStringArrayList) {
                    if (s != null || s != "") {
                        String[] results = s.split(","); // split on commas

                        for (String string : results) {

                            testStringArrayListinside.add(string);
                            Toast.makeText(getContext(), string, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                            added = true;
                        }
                    }

                }
                if (added == false) {
                    testStringArrayListinside.add("Not tagged details found");
                }

                spinnertaggeview.refreshDrawableState();

            }

            // Adapter: You need three parameters 'the context, id of the layout (it will be where the data is shown),
            // and the array that contains the data
            if (testStringArrayListinside.size() > 0) {
                adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this.getContext(),android.R.layout.select_dialog_singlechoice, testStringArrayListinside);
                adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
                // Here, you set the data in your ListView
                spinnertaggeview.setAdapter(adapter);
                 isSpinnerInitial = true;

                spinnertaggeview.setSelection(-1);
                spinnertaggeview.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                                               int arg2, long arg3) {
                        if (isSpinnerInitial){

                            isSpinnerInitial = false;

                            return;}
                        else{
                        TextView tv = (TextView) arg1;
                        String spinner_value = tv.getText().toString();
                        if (spinner_value.length() == 0) {
                            spinner_value = "Nothing";
                        }
                        String strusername = spinner_value;//As you are using Default String Adapter
                        Toast.makeText(getContext(), strusername, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        Intent intent = new Intent(spinnertaggeview.getContext(), Userdetails.class);
                        intent.putExtra("Username", strusername);
                        spinnertaggeview.getContext().startActivity(intent);}

                    }