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Vitor Casadei
1,567 PointsHow to detect open and closing a Spinner?
I have a project in which I insert some values on a Spinner. These items are generated in my JAVA class and usually are a lot of values. I needed to place a placeholder, a hint, so I tried android:prompt on the XML layout, which did not work.
I did it by setting the placeholder text on the last element of the list and don't showing it, however, the setSelected() is pointing to it and so, when I open the dropdown the focus is on the end of the list and not on the beginning.
I then wanted to put the focus on the beginning, so I inserted an OnTouchListener in the Spinner and I can catch when a person opens the Spinner, but not when a person closes it and I need this action form my implementation.
Does anyone know how can I detect when a person closes the Spinner? (the onNothingSelected()doesn't work)
Or does anyone know about an alternative solution to the placeholder and focus on the first item of the list problem?