Creating a setError() for the Spinner

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Sameer Segal picture Sameer Segal · Sep 20, 2010 · Viewed 42.1k times · Source

How do you create the setError() (similar to that of a TextView/EditText) function for a Spinner? The following doesn't work:

I tried extending the Spinner class and in the constructor:

ArrayAdapter<String> aa = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getContext(),
                    android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, android.R.id.text1,
                    items);
            aa.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
            setAdapter(aa);
             tv = (TextView) findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
            // types_layout_list_tv

            ctv = (CheckedTextView) aa.getDropDownView(1, null, null);
            tv2 = (TextView) aa.getView(1, null, null);

setError method:

    public void setError(String str) {
        if (tv != null)
            tv.setError(str);
        if(tv2!=null)
            tv2.setError(str);
        if (ctv != null)
            ctv.setError(str);
    }

Answer

EdmundYeung99 picture EdmundYeung99 · Dec 8, 2014

Similar to @Gábor's solution, but I didn't need to create my own adapter. I just call the following code in my validate function (i.e. on submit button clicked)

        TextView errorText = (TextView)mySpinner.getSelectedView();                  
        errorText.setError("anything here, just to add the icon");
        errorText.setTextColor(Color.RED);//just to highlight that this is an error
        errorText.setText("my actual error text");//changes the selected item text to this

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