basic spinner example

Question

Main.xml

Answer 1

You dont need shared preference to load values in spinner. You just need to declare array in string.xml file and load that.I am giving you my code.Just use it.:-

STEP-1:-

Declare array for spinner in your string.xml(res->values->strings.xml):--

    Greece
    United Kingdom
    Italy
    France
    Germany
    Turkey
    Poland
    India

STEP-2:-

Declare Spinner widget in your layout xml file

STEP-3:-

Declare Spinner in your Activity

Spinner spinCountry;
spinCountry= (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinCountry);//fetch the spinner from layout file
ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, getResources()
                    .getStringArray(R.array.country_array));//setting the country_array to spinner
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinCountry.setAdapter(adapter);
//if you want to set any action you can do in this listener
spinCountry.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView arg0, View arg1,
                int position, long id) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView arg0) {
        }
    });