I have determined the discrepancy. Your code calls getSelectedItem() on the spinner. Mine calls getSelectedTextView(). In your case, you get a non-null response regardless of the visible status. In mine, I get a null if it is initially gone, but I get a TextView if it is initially visible. Furthermore, if I toggle the spinner's visibility from gone to visible, I get a non-null response, AND if I toggle twice, thus hiding the spinner again, I still get a nonnull response.
Here's my modification of your code that demonstrates this point: http://www.keithwiley.com/Downloads/Spinner2.zip If you exit immediately, it says the selected text view is null. If you toggle the button once to show the spinner and exit, it says the text view is not null. BUT, if you toggle it twice, showing and hiding the text view, then exit, it STILL says the text view is not null, so it needs to draw the spinner once and then it's good to go even if the spinner is subsequently hidden. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
