how to create a spinner with radio buttons
android, spinner
Solution
create a strings.xml file in res/values/ and add the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="spinnerstr">Choose an item</string>
<string-array name="spinner_array">
<item>apple</item>
<item>orange</item>
<item>grapes</item>
</string-array>
In your spinner.java, add the followoing:
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.spinner_array, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
Hope this will help you.
Problem
In main.xml I would like to have a spinner1 with two radio buttons and a spinner2 with 3 checkboxes. I don't know how to define and create this spinners in Main.java. Need some help. main.xml ``` <Spinner android:id="@+id/spinner1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> <Spinner android:id="@id/spinner2" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> ``` spinner1 - needs to have radio buttons and spinner2 need to have multiple checkboxes ``` main.java privare Spinner spiner1,spiner2; public void OnCreate(BUndle SaveInstaceState) { super.OnCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main) spiner1=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner1); spiner2=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner2); //what to do from here? } ```