Get Spinner Selection after dynamically filling it with Parse.com

Question

I am trying to get the spinner selection after it has been filled using Parse.com

This is what I get when I use uniSpinner.getSelectedItem().toString(); This is what I get:

com.parse.ParseObject@"Some numbers here, not the ID stored in parse"

The below code also produces the same outcome:

Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), "test: " +
            parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

Here is my code that creates the spinner:

 public void uniSpinnerSetup()
{
    ParseQueryAdapter.QueryFactory<ParseObject> factory = new ParseQueryAdapter.QueryFactory<ParseObject>() {
        public ParseQuery create() {
            ParseQuery query = new ParseQuery("University");
            return query;
        }
    };

    uniSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.uniSpinner);

    ParseQueryAdapter<ParseObject> adapter = new ParseQueryAdapter<ParseObject>(this, factory);
    adapter.setTextKey("name");
    uniSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    uniSpinner.setSelection(1);
    uniSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new mySpinnerListener());
}

class mySpinnerListener implements Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener
{
    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView parent, View v, int position,long id) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), "test: " +
                parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView parent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        // Do nothing.
    }

}

I've looked high and low to try and resolve it, have not found a solution! Any help please?

Answer 1

(Correct answer is in the comments sections)

Move your adapter out as a field variable and get your object using that:

ParseQueryAdapter<ParseObject> adapter;

 public void uniSpinnerSetup()
{
    ParseQueryAdapter.QueryFactory<ParseObject> factory = new ParseQueryAdapter.QueryFactory<ParseObject>() {
        public ParseQuery create() {
            ParseQuery query = new ParseQuery("University");
            return query;
        }
    };

    uniSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.uniSpinner);

    adapter = new ParseQueryAdapter<ParseObject>(this, factory);
    adapter.setTextKey("name");
    uniSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    uniSpinner.setSelection(1);
    uniSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new mySpinnerListener());
}

class mySpinnerListener implements Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener
{
    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView parent, View v, int position,long id) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        ParseObject theSelectedObject = adapter.getItem(position);
        Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), "test: " +
                theSelectedObject.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView parent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        // Do nothing.
    }

}