I keep getting an error incompatible type , Required android.widget.spinner, found int

Question

i want the method to store the result of the onItemSelected from an array of strings to an int and store it in the database

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

String selection = (String)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(selection)){
    if (selection.equals("Critical")){
        mySpinner = storeEntry.PRIORITY_CRITICAL;
    }else if (selection.equals("Important")){
        mySpinner = storeEntry.PRIORITY_IMPORTANT;
    }else if (selection.equals("Casual")){
        mySpinner = storeEntry.PRIORITY_CASUAL;
    }else {
        mySpinner = storeEntry.PRIORITY_NORMAL;
    }
 }
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
    mySpinner = storeEntry.PRIORITY_NORMAL;

}

i want to get over that error

Answer 1

You are just confusing the name of View with variable.

mySpinner is your View. You probably made another variable to store id of currently selected item. Use that integer instead of mySpinner .

It would look something like this:

int mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_NORMAL; //Assuming priority is integer

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

String selection = (String)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(selection)){
    if (selection.equals("Critical")){
        mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_CRITICAL;
    }else if (selection.equals("Important")){
        mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_IMPORTANT;
    }else if (selection.equals("Casual")){
        mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_CASUAL;
    }else {
        mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_NORMAL;
    }
 }
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
    mySpinnerSelection = storeEntry.PRIORITY_NORMAL;

}