CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidspinner
user2750762
user2750762

Reputation: 419

how to add spinner in a custom dialog box and populate it with array

i have main screen which have a button called menu on click of menu i am opening a custom dialog box in which there is a spinner i want to populate this by using array all is working fine but when i am setting adapter to the spinner it shows me error

this what i am doing in android , 

package com.example.drydays;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Spinner;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
     final Context context = this;
     private Button button;

     private String[] states  = new String[]{
                "Gujrat","Jammu and Kashmir","Kerala","Karnataka","Lakshadweep","Maharashtra","Manipur","Mizoram",
                "Nagaland","New Delhi","Rajasthan","Tami Nadu","West Bengal"
        };
     ArrayList<String> categoryList = new ArrayList<String>();

     @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        //make it fullscreen
                requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);      
                getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, 
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

        //fix portrait orientation
                setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        ImageView img = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
        img.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

              @Override
              public void onClick(View arg0) {

                // custom dialog
                final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(context);
                dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
                dialog.setContentView(R.layout.menu);
                Button dialogButton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.btncross);
                // if button is clicked, close the custom dialog
                dialogButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        dialog.dismiss();
                    }
                });

                dialog.show();
              }
            });

         Spinner spin = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinState);
         ArrayAdapter<String> adapter_state = new ArrayAdapter<String>(MainActivity.this,  android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, states);
         adapter_state.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
         **spin.setAdapter(adapter_state);**
         // adding this line gives me error
    }

}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9333

Answers (3)

user2750762
user2750762

Reputation: 419

final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);

and then

Spinner spin = (Spinner)dialog.findViewById(R.id.spinState);

Upvotes: 1

Ansar
Ansar

Reputation: 364

Try this hope tis will help you

Spinner spin = (Spinner)dialog.findViewById(R.id.spinState);

Upvotes: 2

Raghunandan
Raghunandan

Reputation: 133560

From your explanation it looks like you have a spinner in menu.xml.

So you need to move inside onClick

Spinner spin = (Spinner)dialog.findViewById(R.id.spinState);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter_state = new ArrayAdapter<String>(MainActivity.this,  android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, states);     
adapter_state.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spin.setAdapter(adapter_state);

Also change this

final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(context);
// context is initialize before onCreate. its null

to

final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);

Upvotes: 3

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