Spinner in Kotlin - GeeksforGeeks

28 Mar, 2022
Android Spinner is a view similar to dropdown list which is used to select one option from the list of options. It provides an easy way to select one item from the list of items and it shows a dropdown list of all values when we click on it.
Default value of the android spinner will be currently selected value and by using Adapter we can easily bind the items to spinner object.Generally, we populate our Spinner control with list of items by using an ArrayAdapter in our Kotlin file.
First we create a new project by following the below steps:
Click on File, then New => New Project.After that include the Kotlin support and click on next.Select the minimum SDK as per convenience and click next button.Then select the Empty activity => next => finish.
Click on File, then New => New Project.
After that include the Kotlin support and click on next.
Select the minimum SDK as per convenience and click next button.
Then select the Empty activity => next => finish.
In this file, we use the TextView and Spinner widgets and also set their attributes.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    android:orientation="vertical"    android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="match_parent"    android:id="@+id/linear_layout"    android:gravity = "center">      <TextView        android:id="@+id/txtView"        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:text="Select language:"        android:textSize = "20dp" />      <Spinner        android:id="@+id/spinner"        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/txtView"/>  </LinearLayout>
Here, we update the name of the application using the string tag. We also create the list of the items which will be used in the dropdown menu.
XML
<resources>    <string name="app_name">SpinnerInKotlin</string>    <string name="selected_item">Selected item:</string>      <string-array name="Languages">        <item>Java</item>        <item>Kotlin</item>        <item>Swift</item>        <item>Python</item>        <item>Scala</item>        <item>Perl</item>    </string-array></resources>
First, we declare a variable languages to access the strings items from the strings.xmnl file.
val languages = resources.getStringArray(R.array.Languages)

then, we access the spinner and set ArrayAdaptor to control the list of items.
val spinner = findViewById(R.id.spinner)
        if (spinner != null) {
            val adapter = ArrayAdapter(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, languages)
            spinner.adapter = adapter

Kotlin
package com.geeksforgeeks.myfirstkotlinapp  import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivityimport android.os.Bundleimport android.view.Viewimport android.widget.*  class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {      override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)        // access the items of the list        val languages = resources.getStringArray(R.array.Languages)          // access the spinner        val spinner = findViewById<Spinner>(R.id.spinner)        if (spinner != null) {            val adapter = ArrayAdapter(this,                android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, languages)            spinner.adapter = adapter           spinner.onItemSelectedListener = object :            AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {             override fun onItemSelected(parent: AdapterView<*>,                                         view: View, position: Int, id: Long) {                 Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity,                    getString(R.string.selected_item) + " " +                         "" + languages[position], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()                }                  override fun onNothingSelected(parent: AdapterView<*>) {                    // write code to perform some action                }            }        }    }}
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"package="com.geeksforgeeks.myfirstkotlinapp">  <application    android:allowBackup="true"    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"    android:label="@string/app_name"    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"    android:supportsRtl="true"    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">    <activity android:name=".MainActivity">        <intent-filter>            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />              <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />        </intent-filter>    </activity></application>  </manifest>
 
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