Open Text plain when spinner option get selected

Question

i got a spinner with some options, and i want to change visibility of text box when the specific "other" option get selected , how should i do this ?

this.arraySpinner = new String[] {"Mobile", "Gaming", "Media Features", "Medical", "Sports And Nutrition","Security","Space","Other"};
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, arraySpinner);
    categories.setAdapter(adapter);

Answer 1

Try this:

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this.arraySpinner = new String[] {"Mobile", "Gaming", "Media Features", "Medical", "Sports And Nutrition","Security","Space","Other"};

// Views
categories= (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);

// Adapter
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, arraySpinner);
categories.setAdapter(adapter);

// Set onItemSelected listener to spinner
categories.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
            TextView spinnerText = (TextView) view;

            // Checking weather selected item is "Other" or not
            if (spinnerText.getText().equals("Other"))
            {
                // Hide TextView
                textView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE); // or View.GONE
            }
        }

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

        }
    });

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Hope this will help