Android Question EditText to select an item from a spinner

[Beja]

The GetItem method of spinner requires the item index.. but I want to supply the item text instead.. is that possible?
If the items are few then I can use the View's drop-down list.. but if the list is long then I want the user to also enter
the item text directly in an EditTextView and on Button1_Click the item should be selected in the Spinner.
The error in entering the value is very limited since it is only for the customer ID number.
(Pseudo code)
Sub Button1_Click
Spinner1 = EditText1 IF the value in EditText1 matches an item in Spinner1
End Sub

Thanks in advance

 

[klaus]

You could use Spinner1.SelectIndex = Spinner1.GetItem(Spinner1.IndexOf(Value))

 

[Beja]

Hi Klaus and thanks for the help..
I am getting the following error:
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

a small test project attached..

 

[klaus]

Sorry it should be Spinner1.SelectIndex = Spinner1.IndexOf(Value)

 

[Beja]

Thanks Klaus,
Perfect!
I always said you are for it.
tiny typo: "SelectedIndex" instead of "SelectIndex"
Now I will play with it to make it case and leading-trailing space tolerant.

 

[anOparator]

As I'm beginning to use spinner in an app I red this.
Thanks , teamwork at it's best.