How to set Spinner default value to null?

Question

I\'m trying to get a Spinner to load up with no selected value. Once the user selects a value it then takes them to another page.

This is proving to be a problem be

Answer 1

In my case, although size '2' is displayed in the spinner, nothing happens till some selection is done!

I have an xml file (data_sizes.xml) which lists all the spinner values.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="chunks">
        <item>2</item>
        <item>4</item>
        <item>8</item>
        <item>16</item>
        <item>32</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>    

In main.xml file: Spinner element

<Spinner android:id="@+id/spinnerSize"  
android:layout_marginLeft="50px"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"                  
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="5dip"
android:prompt="@string/SelectSize"
android:layout_marginRight="30px"
android:layout_height="35px" /> 

Then in my java code, I added:

In my activity: Declaration

Spinner spinnerSize;
ArrayAdapter adapter;

In a public void function - initControls(): Definition

spinnerSize = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerSize);
adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.chunks, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerSize.setAdapter(adapter);
spinnerSize.setOnItemSelectedListener(new MyOnItemSelectedListener());

My spinner listener:

/* Spinner Listener */

class MyOnItemSelectedListener implements OnItemSelectedListener {

    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent,
        View view, int pos, long id) {
        chunkSize = new Integer(parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString()).intValue();
    }
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
      // Dummy
    }
}

Answer 2

Merge this:

private long previousItemId = 0;

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
    long nextItemId = random.nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    while(previousItemId == nextItemId) {
        nextItemId = random.nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    }
    previousItemId = nextItemId;
    return nextItemId;
}

With this answer:

public class SpinnerInteractionListener
        implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener, View.OnTouchListener {

    private AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener onItemSelectedListener;

    public SpinnerInteractionListener(AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener selectedListener) {
        this.onItemSelectedListener = selectedListener;
    }

    boolean userSelect = false;

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        userSelect = true;
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
        if(userSelect) {
            onItemSelectedListener.onItemSelected(parent, view, pos, id);
            userSelect = false;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
        if(userSelect) {
            onItemSelectedListener.onNothingSelected(parent);
            userSelect = false;
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

My solution, in case you have a TextView as each row of the spinner:

    // TODO: add a fake item as the last one of "items"
    final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(..,..,items) 
      {
      @Override
      public View getDropDownView(final int position,final View convertView,final ViewGroup parent)
        {
        final View dropDownView=super.getDropDownView(position,convertView,parent);
        ((TextView)dropDownView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1)).setHeight(position==getCount()-1?0:getDimensionFromAttribute(..,R.attr.dropdownListPreferredItemHeight));
        dropDownView.getLayoutParams().height=position==getCount()-1?0:LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
        return dropDownView;
        }
      }

    ...
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    _actionModeSpinnerView.setSelection(dataAdapter.getCount()-1,false);



  public static int getDimensionFromAttribute(final Context context,final int attr)
    {
    final TypedValue typedValue=new TypedValue();
    if(context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(attr,typedValue,true))
      return TypedValue.complexToDimensionPixelSize(typedValue.data,context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
    return 0;
    }

Answer 4

Using a custom spinner layout like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Spinner xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@+id/spinnerTarget"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:textSize="14dp"         
          android:textColor="#000000"/>

In the activity:

    // populate the list
    ArrayList<String> dataList = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        dataList.add("Item");
    }

    // set custom layout spinner_layout.xml and adapter
    Spinner spinnerObject = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerObject);
    ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.drawable.spinner_layout, dataList);
    dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinnerObject.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
    spinnerObject.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { 

        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            // to set value of first selection, because setOnItemSelectedListener will not dispatch if the user selects first element
            TextView spinnerTarget = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.spinnerTarget);
            spinnerTarget.setText(spinnerObject.getSelectedItem().toString());

            return false;
        }

    });
    spinnerObject.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
                private boolean selectionControl = true;

                public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
                    // just the first time
                    if(selectionControl){

                        // find TextView in layout 
                        TextView spinnerTarget = (TextView)parent.findViewById(R.id.spinnerTarget);
                        // set spinner text empty
                        spinnerTarget.setText("");
                        selectionControl = false;
                    }
                    else{
                        // select object
                    }
                }

                public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

                }
            });