hi guys, i want to display a Spinner once menu item is selected. how can this be done. do i have to define the spinner in different xml file???
i have define the spinner in the current activities xml file. so once i call setContentView(current.xml) the spinner is getting loaded. i don't want to load the spinner in onCreate method. i want it to be displayed only user selects a menu item. this is what i'hv done this is my xml file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:scrollbarSize="12dip"> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingTop="10dip" android:orientation="vertical"> <EditText android:id="@+id/num" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="To:" android:enabled="false" android:clickable="false" /> <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <TextView android:id="@+id/txt" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="15dip" /> <ImageView android:id="@+id/shp" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" /> <RelativeLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/cnt" android:src="@drawable/plus" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" /> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <EditText android:id="@+id/msg" android:hint="Message:" android:layout_height="50px" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:gravity="top" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:paddingTop="10dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Timer :" android:paddingTop="10dip" /> </LinearLayout> <RelativeLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="10dip"> <Button android:id="@+id/snd" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Send" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" /> </RelativeLayout> <Spinner android:id="@+id/mmsSpinner" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawSelectorOnTop="true" android:prompt="@string/spinnerExtra" android:paddingTop="10dip" /> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView> and this is my onCreate method protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Context context; super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.compose_sms); } this is my Options Menu @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.mms: spinnerMMS = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.mmsSpinner); SpinnerAdapter mmsArray = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, Constants.MMS_LIST); spinnerMMS.setAdapter(mmsArray); return true; } return false; } but this won't pop up spinner can somebody how can i achieve this? regards, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
