Android: problems with getSelectedItem on a spinner

Question

I have a Spinner, and put the selected item in the body of a mail. this is my code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         


        

Answer 1

Your are getting the selected item before the actual rendering of the spinner. It depends on device to device that how fast it renders the screen. Rather then getting the selected item in getSelectionItem() in the onCreate() method try out to do it in the onClickListener() of your Button.

    @Override 
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_modulo);

        Spinner spinnerTaglia = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerTaglia);

    // Create an ArrayAdapter using the string array and a default spinner layout ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,     R.array.Taglie, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item); 

    // Specify the layout to use when the list of choices appears adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); 
        spinnerTaglia.setPrompt("Seleziona la taglia!");

    // Apply the adapter to the spinner 
        spinnerTaglia.setAdapter(new NothingSelectedSpinnerAdapter(
                adapter, 
                R.layout.contact_spinner_row_nothing_selected,
                // R.layout.contact_spinner_nothing_selected_dropdown, // Optional 
                this));




        Button btnCompilaOrdine = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnCompilaOrdine);
        btnCompilaOrdine.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){

            public void onClick(View arg0) {

        //Get the Selected item from the spinner
        final String taglia = spinnerTaglia.getSelectedItem().toString();
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        i.setType("message/rfc822");
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL  , new String[]{"MAIL@gmail.com"});
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "MAIL OBJECT");
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT   , "Taglia: "+taglia);
        try { 
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
        } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
            Toast.makeText(Modulo.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } 

        } 
        }); 
    } 

Answer 2

Maybe you should OnItemSelectedListener inseatead of a button. Android Spinner

Answer 3

It seems that Item is returned with NULL value try to Invoking the method from a null object.

TheNullPointerException is a RuntimeException and thus, the Javac compiler does not force you to use a try-catch block to handle it appropriately.

Hope this will help you to solve your issue.

for further reference visit the link below:- http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/java-basics/exceptions/java-lang-nullpointerexception-how-to-handle-null-pointer-exception/

Answer 4

Move the line

final String taglia = spinnerTaglia.getSelectedItem().toString();

to inside your OnClickListener

Currently, you're trying to read the selected item before anything has been selected. You should also ensure that getSelectedItem() isn't returning null because, unless you enable / disable the btnCompilaOrdine button (when an item is selected), the user can press the button without selecting an item in the spinner.

Answer 5

getSelectedItem() returns null if there is nothing selected on your spinner and calling toString() is making your application crash. Get rid of

final String taglia = spinnerTaglia.getSelectedItem().toString();

and in your onClick do:

if (spinnerTaglia.getSelectedItem() == null) {
      return;
}
String taglia = spinnerTaglia.getSelectedItem().toString();
// the other code

Answer 6

mSpinner.setSelected(true);

If you implement this with your spinner, it will not give null.