Spinner dependent problem when going to a textview

Question

I'm using a code with a dependent spinner, but I have the following problem:

the spinner loads from a JSON file correctly, but when I try to pass the result of the first spinner to a textview, it does not show me the text of the spinner but this:

I attach image

Sample image

I use this code for pass a Textview

ed_acu.setText(jornadaSpinner.getSelectedItem().toString());

But i get this error in my Textview "ed_acu", y not the text.

com.elgeos.tracker.spinnerCOL.State@a8f178

State java

public class State {
    private String stateName;
    private List<String> cities;


    public State(String stateName, List<String> cities) {
        this.stateName = stateName;
        this.cities = cities;
    }

    public String getStateName() {
        return stateName;
    }

    public List<String> getCities() {
        return cities;
    }

}

StateAdapter java

public class StateAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<State> {
    private List<State> stateList = new ArrayList<>();

    public StateAdapter(@NonNull Context context, int resource, int spinnerText, @NonNull List<State> stateList) {
        super(context, resource, spinnerText, stateList);
        this.stateList = stateList;
    }

    @Override
    public State getItem(int position) {
        return stateList.get(position);
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, @Nullable View convertView, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
        return initView(position);

    }

    @Override
    public View getDropDownView(int position, @Nullable View convertView, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
        return initView(position);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the state object by calling getItem and
     * Sets the state name to the drop-down TextView.
     *
     * @param position the position of the item selected
     * @return returns the updated View
     */
    private View initView(int position) {
        State state = getItem(position);
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.jornada_list, null);
        TextView textView =  v.findViewById(R.id.spinnerText);
        textView.setText(state.getStateName() );
        return v;

    }
}

My MainActivity code

private void loadStateCityDetails() {
        final List<State> statesList = new ArrayList<>();
        final List<String> states = new ArrayList<>();
        JsonArrayRequest jsArrayRequest = new JsonArrayRequest
                (Request.Method.GET, cities_url, (String) null, new Response.Listener<JSONArray>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(JSONArray responseArray) {
                        pDialog.dismiss();
                        try {
                            //Parse the JSON response array by iterating over it
                            for (int i = 0; i < responseArray.length(); i++) {
                                JSONObject response = responseArray.getJSONObject(i);
                                String state = response.getString(KEY_STATE);
                                JSONArray cities = response.getJSONArray(KEY_CITIES);
                                List<String> citiesList = new ArrayList<>();
                                for (int j = 0; j < cities.length(); j++) {
                                    citiesList.add(cities.getString(j));
                                }
                                statesList.add(new State(state, citiesList));
                                states.add(state);

                            }
                            final StateAdapter stateAdapter = new StateAdapter(activity_make_user.this,
                                    R.layout.jornada_list, R.id.spinnerText, statesList);
                            jornadaSpinner.setAdapter(stateAdapter);

                            jornadaSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
                                @Override
                                public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

                                    //Populate City list to the second spinner when
                                    // a state is chosen from the first spinner
                                    State cityDetails = stateAdapter.getItem(position);
                                    List<String> cityList = cityDetails.getCities();
                                    ArrayAdapter citiesAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(activity_make_user.this,
                                            R.layout.colegio_list, R.id.citySpinnerText, cityList);
                                    colegioSpinner.setAdapter(citiesAdapter);
                                }

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

                                }
                            });

                        } catch (JSONException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    }
                }, new Response.ErrorListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                        pDialog.dismiss();

                        //Display error message whenever an error occurs
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                error.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                    }
                });

        // Access the RequestQueue through your singleton class.
        MySingleton.getInstance(this).addToRequestQueue(jsArrayRequest);

    }

Answer 1

As you can see in StateAdapter, you are setting the spinner to display state.getStateName(). What you are seeing in the other TextView is not an error, but the default toString() for your State object that you are directly passing to setText(). Use jornadaSpinner.getSelectedItem().getStateName() instead, and you should get the desired result.

Answer 2

jornadaSpinner.getSelectedItem() returns State object and You need to get state name from that object. So, kindly do the following thing

if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(jornadaSpinner.getSelectedItem().getState()))
    ed_acu.setText(jornadaSpinner.getSelectedItem().getState());

Answer 3

You must override the toString() function in Your StateModel. What you are seeing is the default toString() value.

public class State {
    private String stateName;
    private List<String> cities;


    public State(String stateName, List<String> cities) {
        this.stateName = stateName;
        this.cities = cities;
    }

    public String getStateName() {
        return stateName;
    }

    public List<String> getCities() {
        return cities;
    }

    @Override
    String toString(){
     return stateName;
    }

}