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...
        }

    }