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how to open a new activity on spinner dropdown click


If someone could help thx. I have created the spinner part but now whenever I click on the dropdown I need a new activity to open. I was confused where I need to put the if else/ switch case in the Spinner.

@Override 
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    spinner = findViewById(R.id.spinner);
    flags = findViewById(R.id.flag);

    spinner.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
            CountryData.countryNames));
    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
            flags.setImageResource(CountryData.countryflag[spinner.getSelectedItemPosition()]);
        }

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

        }
    });

Solution

  • I think You can do it like this:

    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.util.Log;
    import android.view.View;
    import android.widget.AdapterView;
    import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
    import android.widget.Spinner;
    
    import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
    
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    
    public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
    {
        Spinner spinner;
    
        @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    
            ArrayList<String> activityList = new ArrayList<>(); // list of string which will be added to Spinner
            activityList.add("Select Activity");
            activityList.add("Activity 1");
            activityList.add("Activity 2");
    
            spinner = findViewById(R.id.spinner);
    
            spinner.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<>(this,
                                                  android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
                                                  activityList
            ));
    
            spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener()
            {
                @Override
                public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l)
                {
                    Log.i("MyTag", "Item selected at position " + i);
                    if (i==0) // check position of selected item and open activity
                    {
                        // do nothing
                    }
                    else if (i==1)
                    {
                        openActivity(NewActivity.class);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        openActivity(NewActivitySecond.class);
                    }
                }
    
                @Override
                public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView)
                {
    
                }
            });
        }
    
        private void openActivity(Class x) //funtion which opens activity
        {
            Intent intent = new Intent(this, x);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    }