Delphi get android combobox selected item text

Question

I have a combobox that has a lot of items inside and I have to get into a variable the name of the selected item.

var a:string;
begin
 a:=ComboBox1.Text;
end;

This is the way I used for a Delphi VCL application and it works. Here I'm developing with Firemonkey and Android, I haven't the text property.

How can I get the text of the selected item on my combobox?

Ken White · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25T01:25:15.063

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The same way works in FireMonkey as in VCL code - use the TComboBox.Items. TComboBox.ItemIndex tells you which one is currently selected (or allows you to set the selection).

To read:

if ComboBox1.ItemIndex <> -1 then
  ShowMessage(ComboBox1.Items[ComboBox1.ItemIndex]);

To set:

ComboBox1.ItemIndex := 2;

edited Sep 25 '13 at 01:25

answered Sep 24 '13 at 22:00

Ken White

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The code in the question hasn't necessarily been wrong in VCL applications. When `Style` is `csSimple` or `csDropDown`, what other way is there to determine the text when the text has been typed in and doesn't match any item in the list? FireMonkey lacks a `Style` property, and apparently lacks an editable combo box entirely. – Rob Kennedy Sep 24 '13 at 22:54

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 22:20

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you can access the Selected property to get text :

 if ComboBox1.ItemIndex >= 0 then
    ShowMessage(ComboBox1.Selected.Text);

answered Sep 24 '13 at 22:20

S.MAHDI

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