Setting spinners in fragment

Question

I am trying to set the values for my spinner from a string Array in one of my fragments in the onCreateView in my public final class Manual extends Fragment:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.manual, container, false);

    String [] values = 
        {"Time at Residence","Under 6 months","6-12 months","1-2 years","2-4 years","4-8 years","8-15 years","Over 15 years",};
    Spinner spinner = (Spinner) v.findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
    ArrayAdapter<String> LTRadapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this.getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, values);
    LTRadapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line);
    spinner.setAdapter(LTRadapter);

    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.manual, container, false);

}

I get no errors with my code, however it doesn't set the spinner. The spinner remains blank with no values. Any ideas on why my code isn't setting the spinner?

Answer 1

The problem was I was returning a new view, not the one I set. I had to return v; and it worked fine.

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.manual, container, false);

    String [] values = 
        {"Time at Residence","Under 6 months","6-12 months","1-2 years","2-4 years","4-8 years","8-15 years","Over 15 years",};
    Spinner spinner = (Spinner) v.findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this.getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, values);
    adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line);
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);

    return v;

}