Android - set focus on EditText after Spinner selection

Question

I have the following items displayed on the screen:

EditText Forename
Spinner gender selection (Male | Female)
EditText Email

When the application is first launched, I want the focus to be set on the Forename EditText. Then after "Male" or "Female" has been selected in the Spinner, I want the focus to be set on the Email EditText that is located below the spinner.

I have used setOnItemSelectedListener to set the requestFocus on the email EditText, but the problem is that it automatically sets the focus on this EditText whenever I launch the application. This happens because by default the spinner displays the first selection which in this case is "Male" and therefore it thinks that a selection has already been made and sets the focus on the Email field.

I don't mind the first selection to be already selected in the spinner by default but if I could somehow override the requestFocus to be set on the Forename EditText initially that would be great.

XML:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/LinearLayout" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

   <EditText
        android:id="@+id/ForenameForm"
        android:layout_width="285dp"
        android:layout_height="65dp"
        android:hint="@string/forenameHint"
        android:lines="1"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:textSize="20sp" >
    </EditText>


   <Spinner  
        android:id="@+id/SpinnerGender" 
        android:spinnerMode="dialog"
        android:textSize="30sp" 
        android:layout_width="285dp"
        android:layout_height="60dp"
        android:prompt="@string/spinnerGender"  
        android:entries="@array/genderList">

    </Spinner>

   <EditText
        android:id="@+id/EmailForm"
        android:layout_width="285dp"
        android:layout_height="65dp"
        android:hint="@string/emailHint"
        android:lines="1"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:textSize="20sp" >
    </EditText>

</LinearLayout>

Activity class:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final EditText forename=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.ForenameForm);
        forename.requestFocus();

        final EditText email=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.EmailForm);

        Spinner spinner=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.SpinnerGender);
        spinner.setFocusable(true);
        spinner.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);   


        spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener()
        {

            @Override
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                    int arg2, long arg3) {
                email.requestFocus();               
            }

            @Override
            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {

            }               
        });  
    }

Answer 1

How about this solution.

define a boolean flag and set it default false.

in oncreate set the focus of forname

in setOnItemSelectedListener 
     if flag is false then set flag true
     else focus email 

So your code will be like

boolean flag = false;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final EditText forename=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.ForenameForm);
        forename.requestFocus();

        final EditText email=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.EmailForm);

        Spinner spinner=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.SpinnerGender);
        spinner.setFocusable(true);
        spinner.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);   


        spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener()
        {

            @Override
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                    int arg2, long arg3) {
              // changes here
                if(flag == false)
                    flag = true;
                else 
                    email.requestFocus();               
            }

            @Override
            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {

            }               
        });  
    }