Hidden Spinner does not trigger event

Question

I have a spinner in an Activity, the spinner is hidden initially, but when I load the items into it I initially set the selected item to the index 1, like this:

spinner.setSelection(1);

This triggers the item selected listener only if the spinner is not hidden, but if I hide it (I need to hide it initially to show a progressbar while I load some data) then the listener is not called.

Is there a way I can force the event to dispatch?

okay why don't you try `View.INVISIBLE` or `alpha` to 0.. it will take screen space, and regarded, but transparent — Elltz, Apr 16 '15 at 16:30
Yes, that worked. thanks, you should post the answer so I accept it — Escobar5, Apr 17 '15 at 16:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '15 at 17:24

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Change visibility from View.GONE to View.INVISIBLE- invisible takes Screen space,which means android takes it into account but its just not visible to the user or set alpha on your View or ViewGroup

answered Apr 17 '15 at 17:24

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