Spinner: get state or get notified when opens

Is it possible to know whether a Spinner is open or closed? It would even be better if there was some sort of onOpenListener for Spinners.

I've tried using an OnItemSelectedListener like this:

spinnerType.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            executeSomething();

        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
            Log.d("nothing" , "selected");  
        }

    });

I can know that the window will close if something is selected (in executeSomething()). But I don't get notified if I click outside of the Dialog, which also closes the spinner

Solution 1:

Another option to watch for those events is to extend the Spinner class and use one of its methods(performClick() which will trigger its dialog/popup) followed by monitoring the focus of the window holding this custom Spinner. This should provide you with the wanted closed event for all the possible finishing possibilities(for either the dialog or dropdown mode).

The custom Spinner class:

public class CustomSpinner extends Spinner {

   /**
    * An interface which a client of this Spinner could use to receive
    * open/closed events for this Spinner. 
    */
    public interface OnSpinnerEventsListener {

        /**
         * Callback triggered when the spinner was opened.
         */
         void onSpinnerOpened(Spinner spinner);

        /**
         * Callback triggered when the spinner was closed.
         */
         void onSpinnerClosed(Spinner spinner);

    }

    private OnSpinnerEventsListener mListener;
    private boolean mOpenInitiated = false;

    // implement the Spinner constructors that you need

    @Override
    public boolean performClick() {
        // register that the Spinner was opened so we have a status
        // indicator for when the container holding this Spinner may lose focus
        mOpenInitiated = true;
        if (mListener != null) {
            mListener.onSpinnerOpened(this);
        }
        return super.performClick();
    }

    @Override
    public void onWindowFocusChanged (boolean hasFocus) {
        if (hasBeenOpened() && hasFocus) {
            performClosedEvent();
        }
    }

    /**
    * Register the listener which will listen for events.
    */
    public void setSpinnerEventsListener(
            OnSpinnerEventsListener onSpinnerEventsListener) {
        mListener = onSpinnerEventsListener;
    }

    /**
     * Propagate the closed Spinner event to the listener from outside if needed.
     */
    public void performClosedEvent() {
        mOpenInitiated = false;
        if (mListener != null) {
            mListener.onSpinnerClosed(this);
        }
    }

    /**
     * A boolean flag indicating that the Spinner triggered an open event.
     * 
     * @return true for opened Spinner 
     */
    public boolean hasBeenOpened() {
        return mOpenInitiated;
    }

}

Solution 2:

based on @Luksprog wonderful solution,i just want to add a small change which will be very helpful in case someone is using the CustomSpinner inside a fragment. instead of using the Activity.onWindowFocusChanged function, we override the View.onWindowFocusChanged function. thus the whole CustomSpinner class become

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.Spinner;

public class CustomSpinner extends Spinner {
    private static final String TAG = "CustomSpinner";
    private OnSpinnerEventsListener mListener;
    private boolean mOpenInitiated = false;

    public CustomSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int mode) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, mode);
    }

    public CustomSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    public CustomSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public CustomSpinner(Context context, int mode) {
        super(context, mode);
    }

    public CustomSpinner(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public interface OnSpinnerEventsListener {

        void onSpinnerOpened();

        void onSpinnerClosed();

    }

    @Override
    public boolean performClick() {
        // register that the Spinner was opened so we have a status
        // indicator for the activity(which may lose focus for some other
        // reasons)
        mOpenInitiated = true;
        if (mListener != null) {
            mListener.onSpinnerOpened();
        }
        return super.performClick();
    }

    public void setSpinnerEventsListener(OnSpinnerEventsListener onSpinnerEventsListener) {
        mListener = onSpinnerEventsListener;
    }

    /**
     * Propagate the closed Spinner event to the listener from outside.
     */
    public void performClosedEvent() {
        mOpenInitiated = false;
        if (mListener != null) {
            mListener.onSpinnerClosed();
        }
    }

    /**
     * A boolean flag indicating that the Spinner triggered an open event.
     * 
     * @return true for opened Spinner
     */
    public boolean hasBeenOpened() {
        return mOpenInitiated;
    }

    @Override
    public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) {
        android.util.Log.d(TAG, "onWindowFocusChanged");
        super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasWindowFocus);
        if (hasBeenOpened() && hasWindowFocus) {
            android.util.Log.i(TAG, "closing popup");
            performClosedEvent();
        }
    }
}