How can I use Spinner with ID or Key with String.XML

Question

How I USE my String.XML using spinner. where my spinner show Array PDAM and my parse show ID_PDAM

String.XML

*string for dropdown PDAM

<array name="PDAM">
    <item>PILIH PDAM</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirtanadi</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Jati (Cirebon)</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Umbu Kab.Nias</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Patriot</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Benteng</item>
    </array>
<array name="ID_PDAM">
    <item>0</item>
    <item>801204</item>
    <item>803216</item>
    <item>801208</item>
    <item>803220</item>
    <item>803605</item>
</array>

Abhinav Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-08T11:28:11.953

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May be it will help you surely:

<string-array name="PDAM">
    <item>PILIH PDAM</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirtanadi</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Jati (Cirebon)</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Umbu Kab.Nias</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Patriot</item>
    <item>PDAM Tirta Benteng</item>
    </string-array>
<string-array name="ID_PDAM">
    <item>0</item>
    <item>801204</item>
    <item>803216</item>
    <item>801208</item>
    <item>803220</item>
    <item>803605</item>
</string-array>

In your layout need ID_PDAM then change your array name in xml:

<Spinner 
        android:id="@+id/spinner"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
        android:entries="@array/PDAM"
    />

after that you will need to get it from the string.xml by using:

String[] array name = mContext.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.array_name);

Use Adapter for spinner:

ArrayAdapter spinnerArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
            spinnerArray);
spinner.setAdapter(spinnerArrayAdapter);

edited Feb 08 '18 at 11:28

answered Feb 08 '18 at 10:25

Abhinav Gupta

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okay i will try it – dimas edra Octama Feb 08 '18 at 10:34
on my apps it's still from PDAM not from ID_PDAM i mean on Spinner it's PDAM show and on backend App ID_PDAM now on Spinner PDAM and on Backend Still PDAM' – dimas edra Octama Feb 08 '18 at 10:37
share your java code also – Abhinav Gupta Feb 08 '18 at 10:38
Here https://pastebin.com/raw/b2kvmYnA – dimas edra Octama Feb 08 '18 at 10:41
can you provide me xml file of this activity? – Abhinav Gupta Feb 08 '18 at 10:47
here the XML for Activity https://pastebin.com/raw/sqchaiuJ – dimas edra Octama Feb 08 '18 at 10:52
i have make some changes copy and paste in your activity java class and string file [link](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KiLwEb1F_k-viiMlcUH4XDXHeOuWWqwn) may be it will work – Abhinav Gupta Feb 08 '18 at 11:35
can't change @abhinav – dimas edra Octama Feb 08 '18 at 23:28
yes I have changed that time spinner was showing ID_PDAM in the UI. I have done by own. – Abhinav Gupta Feb 09 '18 at 05:07
thx abhinav that solved with using final String pdam = spinner.getSelectedItem().toString(); final int spinner_pos = spinner.getSelectedItemPosition(); String[] idpdam = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.ID_PDAM); final int pdam1 = Integer.valueOf(idpdam[spinner_pos]); and just get from pdam1 – dimas edra Octama Feb 09 '18 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '18 at 10:25

First of all in string.xml u need a string array:

<string-array
    name="string_array_name">
    <item>text_string</item>
</string-array>

after that you will need to get it from the string.xml by using:

String[] foo_array = mContext.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.string_array_name);

Then you need to add it normally:

ArrayAdapter spinnerArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
            spinnerArray);
spinner.setAdapter(spinnerArrayAdapter);

Ref:

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#StringArray

Android: How do you access a string-array from strings.xml in a custom class?

Android: Create spinner programmatically from array

How can I use Spinner with ID or Key with String.XML

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