How can I add items to a spinner in Android?

Android Mobile Development Programming

Spinner is just like a drop down button, using this button we can select a item from set of items. This example demonstrate about how to add items to a spinner in android.

Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.

Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools = "http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width = "match_parent"
   android:layout_height = "match_parent">
<LinearLayout
   android:layout_width = "match_parent"
   android:layout_height = "match_parent"
   android:gravity = "center"
   android:orientation = "vertical">
   <Spinner
      android:id = "@+id/spinner"
      android:layout_width = "wrap_content"
      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"
      android:prompt = "@string/app_name"
   />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.java.

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      Spinner spinner = findViewById(R.id.spinner);
      ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<>();
      arrayList.add("JAVA");
      arrayList.add("ANDROID");
      arrayList.add("C Language");
      arrayList.add("CPP Language");
      arrayList.add("Go Language");
      arrayList.add("AVN SYSTEMS");
      ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,                         android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, arrayList);
      arrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
      spinner.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
      spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
         @Override
         public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            string tutorialsName = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
            Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), "Selected: " + tutorialsName,          Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
         }
         @Override
         public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView <?> parent) {
         }
      });
   }
}

In the above code we are adding item to array list and added to ArrayAdpter as shown below.

ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<>();
arrayList.add("JAVA");
arrayList.add("ANDROID");
arrayList.add("C Language");
arrayList.add("CPP Language");
arrayList.add("Go Language");
arrayList.add("AVN SYSTEMS");
ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, arrayList);

Let's try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your computer. To run the app from android studio, open one of your project's activity files and click Run icon from the toolbar. Select your mobile device as an option and then check your mobile device which will display your default screen.