Spinner : onItemSelected not called when selected item remains the same

Question

I have a OnItemSelectedListener for my Spinner, but it is not called when the selected item is the same as the previous one. Apparently the OnClickListener is not an option for a Spinner. I need to catch everytime a user click on an item. Any idea?

Maybe the fact that this Spinner is inside the ActionBar disturbs normal behavior?

@Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {     inflater.inflate(R.menu.tracklist_menu, menu);     Spinner spinner = (Spinner) menu.findItem(R.id.option_ordering_spinner)             .getActionView();     spinner.setAdapter(mSpinnerAdapter);     spinner.setSelection(PrefsHelper.getOrderingSpinnerPos(prefs));     spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {          @Override         public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,                 int position, long id) {             String str = "selected";             System.out.println(str);             if (optionMenuInitialized) {                  switch (position) {                 case 0:                     // rdm                     getActivity()                             .sendBroadcast(                                     new Intent(                                             MyIntentAction.DO_RESHUFFLE_PLAYLIST));                     smp.setCurrentTracklistCursorPos(-1);                     trackAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();                     break;                 case 1:                     // artist                     getActivity()                             .sendBroadcast(                                     new Intent(                                             MyIntentAction.DO_ORDER_PLAYLIST_BY_ARTIST));                     smp.setCurrentTracklistCursorPos(-1);                     trackAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();                     break;                 case 2:                     // folder                     getActivity()                             .sendBroadcast(                                     new Intent(                                             MyIntentAction.DO_ORDER_PLAYLIST_BY_FOLDER));                     smp.setCurrentTracklistCursorPos(-1);                     trackAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();                     break;                 }                 PrefsHelper.setOrderingSpinnerPos(prefEditor, position);                 prefEditor.commit();             }             optionMenuInitialized = true;         }          @Override         public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {         }     }); } 

Answer 1

Ok, I finally found a solution, by creating my own class extending Spinner :

public class MySpinner extends Spinner { OnItemSelectedListener listener;  public MySpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {     super(context, attrs); }  @Override public void setSelection(int position) {     super.setSelection(position);     if (listener != null)         listener.onItemSelected(null, null, position, 0); }  public void setOnItemSelectedEvenIfUnchangedListener(         OnItemSelectedListener listener) {     this.listener = listener; } } 

Answer 2

I found out this work instead of the one provided

/** Spinner extension that calls onItemSelected even when the selection is the same as its previous value */ public class NDSpinner extends Spinner {    public NDSpinner(Context context)   { super(context); }    public NDSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)   { super(context, attrs); }    public NDSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)   { super(context, attrs, defStyle); }    @Override public void   setSelection(int position, boolean animate)   {     boolean sameSelected = position == getSelectedItemPosition();     super.setSelection(position, animate);     if (sameSelected) {       // Spinner does not call the OnItemSelectedListener if the same item is selected, so do it manually now       getOnItemSelectedListener().onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());     }   }    @Override public void   setSelection(int position)   {     boolean sameSelected = position == getSelectedItemPosition();     super.setSelection(position);     if (sameSelected) {       // Spinner does not call the OnItemSelectedListener if the same item is selected, so do it manually now       getOnItemSelectedListener().onItemSelected(this, getSelectedView(), position, getSelectedItemId());     }   } }