Checking if spinner is selected and having null value in Android

Question

I want to check first if spinner has null values based on the following:

String Name= spinnerName.getSelectedItem().toString();
if(Name != null) {     
} els         


        

Answer 1

spinnerName is null or if getSelectedItem() returns null, calling toString() will cause your app to crash for NPE

String name= null;
if(spinnerName != null && spinnerName.getSelectedItem() !=null ) {
   name = (String)spinnerName.getSelectedItem();
} else  { 

}