How to update a spinner dynamically?

android android-spinner
2Real picture 2Real · Jul 19, 2010 · Viewed 56k times · Source

I've been trying to update my spinner in android dynamically but nothing I try has been working.

This is the following code I'm using to update the spinner. 

typeList = dbAdapter.getList(); //array list with the values

adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
groupSpinner.postInvalidate();
groupSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);

The values of typeList are correct but they're not being updated in the Spinner.

Answer

AdamC picture AdamC · Jul 20, 2010

Actually, you either have to call clear/add on the adapter, or create and set a new adapter. The adapter does not retain a reference to your list (it is only calling toArray on your list at construction), so there is no way for it to update itself.

dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, newStringList);
dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinnerCategory.setAdapter(dataAdapter);

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