Apps Spinner problem

[Maxxan]

Hi!
I've got a problem when trying to catch the selection of a spinner list item. I've added an OnItemSelectedListener, but it is only fired when a NEW item in the list is selected, not when the same item is selected that was selected before. How do I catch that event?

Example: Spinner has values A, B, and C, value A is selected by default. If I click the spinner and select A again in the list, OnItemSelectedListener is not fired. But I A is selected and I select B or C in the list, OnItemSelectedListener is fired.

How do I notice if A is selected again in the list?

 

[meskiukas]

Why do you need the event to fire again? It's usually a good thing not to do work when nothing has changed.

 

[Maxxan]

The first item is like an "Add items.." options, so when I select that I want to open an input dialog.

 

[blundell]

You could: When option A is selected open your dialog and set the spinner to (none selected, d selected) so as if they click A again your onClick will fire

 

[Maxxan]

What I tried now was to create a custom adapter, and set the onClick listner for the first view. But if I do it like that, the list is never closed when clicking on the first item.

Is is possible to programatically close the list?

 

[meskiukas]

IMHO, you should reconsider having the "Add new item" selected by default, and have the user explicitly press if, if they need to add a new item. If something already is selected, the user won't know that he has to click on it again. So I would either have it selected by default, and have your code that deals with the form submission to see this, and show the dialog, or add a new item, which would be name "Please choose...", or something like that. You will end up with an application that is easier to use.

 

[Maxxan]

Ok, that might be a good idea.

But do you know how to create a context menu for a spinner item?