[FIXED] android: spinner not updating my view when notifyDataSetChanged() is called

Issue

I am trying to update the spinner view by calling notifyDataSetChanged(). But its not updating.

The below is my Activity:

public class DisplayArchive2 extends AppCompatActivity {
    List<String> yearslist;
    Spinner spinner;
    ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.archive2);
        spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.year_spinner);
        yearslist = new ArrayList<String>();
        yearslist.add("2017");
        yearslist.add("2016");
        yearslist.add("2015");
        yearslist.add("2014");
        yearslist.add("2013");

        dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,yearslist);
        dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
        spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                yearslist.clear();
                yearslist.add("2010");
                yearslist.add("2009");
                yearslist.add("2008");
                yearslist.add("2007");
                yearslist.add("2006");
                dataAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }

            @Override
            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

            }
        });

    }
}

The list of years is not changing on selecting any year.

It looks like below

Solution

Try this use dataAdapter2.setNotifyOnChange(true); its working fine i have tested it my device

void setNotifyOnChange (boolean notifyOnChange)

Control whether methods that change the list (add(T), addAll(Collection), addAll(Object[]), insert(T, int), remove(T), clear(), sort(Comparator)) automatically call notifyDataSetChanged(). If set to false, caller must manually call notifyDataSetChanged() to have the changes reflected in the attached view. The default is true, and calling notifyDataSetChanged() resets the flag to true.

CODE

    List<String> yearslist;
    Spinner spinner;
    ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter2;

     spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.year_spinner);
        yearslist = new ArrayList<String>();
        yearslist.add("2017");
        yearslist.add("2016");
        yearslist.add("2015");
        yearslist.add("2014");
        yearslist.add("2013");

       

            dataAdapter2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,yearslist);
            dataAdapter2.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
            spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter2);
            spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

            if (position == 0) {

            } else {
                yearslist.clear();
                yearslist.add("2010");
                yearslist.add("2009");
                yearslist.add("2008");
                yearslist.add("2007");
                yearslist.add("2006");
                dataAdapter2.setNotifyOnChange(true);
                dataAdapter2.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }

        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

        }
    });

Answered By - AskNilesh