Question

i have a array list for using it in spinner ,i have first value i spinner as title and i want to sort array list from second item in the spinner but i dont know how to do this i am using below trick but it sort whole array list including first item which is title so how to statr sorting from second item…
my code is below…

 // this is my title ie. "provincia"
    String select2= "Provincia";
       if(!estado1.contains(select2)){
          estado1.add(select2);
          }

     for (int i = 0; i < sitesList1.getEstado().size(); i++)
     {
         if(!estado1.contains(sitesList1.getEstado().get(i))) 
            {

             estado1.add(sitesList1.getEstado().get(i));
                  Collections.sort(estado1);

            }

use below code for show it in spinner…

 final ArrayList<String> estado1 = MainMenu.barrio1;
     final Spinner estado11 = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.Spinner04);
     ArrayAdapter<String> adapterbarrio = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, 
           android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, estado1)

           estado11.setAdapter(adapterbarrio);

Answer 1

One way would be to split the arraylist like

estado1.subList(1,estado1.size()-1);

This would return a sublist excluding your title.