how to shorten spinner selected item text in android?

Question

I have used android custom spinner.

My custom spinner look like bellow

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My List data is like

 List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    list.add("001-00434016457-Md. Mokhhlesur Rahman");
    list.add("001-00434016724-Mohammad Nazim Ullah");
    list.add("001-00434016725-Mohsin Kabir");
    list.add("001-00434016881-Maruf Pervaz Khan");
    list.add("001-00434017171-Md.Nazmul Hasan");

My Spinner Adapter and setting data in spinner is like bellow

Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, list);
 dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter);

My problem is spinner's item text is large like "001-00434016881-Maruf Pervaz"

I want to select only id like 001-00434016881.

I don't want to get full text of the spinner item selection. How can I remove name part like -Maruf Pervaz Khan from 001-00434016881-Maruf Pervaz on item selection from spinner.

Please Help me

what is the source for spinner data? posting code will be helpful. — keshav kowshik, Apr 13 '15 at 06:32
check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3732790/android-split-string — M S Gadag, Apr 13 '15 at 06:33
If you need only `001-00434016881` then you need to split your selected item string. — Piyush, Apr 13 '15 at 07:04

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '15 at 07:33

Try this. If the row item maintains same pattern as 001-00434016881-Md.Some Name

spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, adapter.getItem(position).substring(0,adapter.getItem(position).lastIndexOf("-")), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
    });

how to shorten spinner selected item text in android?

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