Android Spinner Example to Load JSON using Volley

In this tutorial we will create an Android Spinner Example Application. So the first thing probably you are thinking is What is Spinner? Actually Spinner is used to show a dropdown list. So in this Android Spinner …

android spinner example

In this tutorial we will create an Android Spinner Example Application. So the first thing probably you are thinking is What is Spinner? Actually Spinner is used to show a dropdown list. So in this Android Spinner Example Tutorial we will create a spinner. And in the spinner we will show the values from MySQL database.

Android Spinner Example Video

Before going further you can check out this video to see the final output of the app we are creating.

Now if you wanna create the same, lets begin this Android Spinner Example Tutorial. So in this tutorial we will retrieve data from our webserver using JSON String. I have my URL that will give me a JSON string by fetching values from MySQL database.

http://simplifiedcoding.16mb.com/Spinner/json.php

The above link will give us the following json string.

You can create your own url or you can also use mine. Lets move to Android Studio now.

Creating Android Spinner Example Application

  • Open Android Studio and create new Project.
  • For this tutorial we will use volley library so add the following code in you build.gradle dependencies

  • Now sync your project with gradle.
  • Come to activity_main.xml and create the following layout.
android spinner example layout
Android Spinner Example Layout
  • In the above layout we have a Spinner and 3 TextViews. When user will select an item from the Spinner the details will be shown to the TextView.
  • You can use the following xml code for creating the above layout. Define Spinner and 3 TextViews.

  • Create a class named Config.java and write the following code.

  • Now come to MainActivity.java and write the following code.

  • Finally before running this Android Spinner Example , add internet permission to your manifest file.

  • Now run your application.
android spinner example
Android Spinner Example Application
  • Bingo! Our Android Spinner Example App is working absolutely fine. You can also download my source code from below.

Get source of Android Spinner Example

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So thats all for this Android Spinner Example Tutorial friend. This was a very simple android spinner example. Please do comment if you are having any trouble or queries. Thank You 🙂

Hi, my name is Belal Khan and I am a Google Developers Expert (GDE) for Android. The passion of teaching made me create this blog. If you are an Android Developer, or you are learning about Android Development, then I can help you a lot with Simplified Coding.

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