Question

I have created a spinner which is automatically updated with appliance names when a person adds an appliance using an array adapter. I created an OnItemSelected method with the spinner so when one of the names in the spinner is selected, a new window appears. However the OnItemSelected is automatically selecting the first item on the list when the activity starts and so the user does not have a chance to actually make a selection until the new window appears.

Here is the code:

public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2,
        long arg3) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    startActivity(new Intent("com.lukeorpin.theappliancekeeper.APPLIANCESELECTED"));
    }

public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

Does anyone know a way in which the first item on the list wont be automatically selected?

Here is the code for the rest of the spinner:

ArrayAdapter<String> appliancenameadapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, ApplianceNames); //Sets up an array adapter containing the values of the ApplianceNames string array
    applianceName = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner_name); //Gives the spinner in the xml layout a variable name
    applianceName.setAdapter(appliancenameadapter); //Adds the contents of the array adapter into the spinner

    applianceName.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

Answer 1

Does anyone know a way in which the first item on the list wont be automatically selected?

There is always a selection on Spinner, and you cannot change that.

IMHO, you should not be using a Spinner to trigger starting an activity.

That being said, you can use a boolean to track whether this is the first selection event, and ignore it if it is.