Prompt for DropDown component not displaying

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a DropDown component in the GLE and in your code
2. Add items to the DropDown component each time the app starts
3. Set a prompt for the DropDown in the GLE

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to the see the prompt I set in the GLE, instead I see the first item 
in the dropdown component list as the displayed prompt.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.2.32
Win764 bit

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bric...@gmail.com on 11 May 2012 at 1:14

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What are you talking about prompt? I'm confused by what you mean.

Original comment by IMPINC...@gmail.com on 11 May 2012 at 2:24

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Prompt as in the text that is first displayed on the dropdown before something 
is chosen.  after it is chosen, i tell it to set text (sorry should have said 
text instead of prompt) to the choice the user made.

before they choose anything though, it should be using what i have chosen in 
the GLE to be the text something like "please pick a choice" should show.  
Instead, if the choices are (choice 1, choice 2, choice 3, choice 4), it 
dispalys "choice 1"

Original comment by bric...@gmail.com on 11 May 2012 at 2:37

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Ok, after looking in the class, I just never noticed the prompt thing. I'll add 
a method in the next version. For now, you can use 
dropdown.getView().setPrompt("This is my prompt");

Original comment by IMPINC...@gmail.com on 11 May 2012 at 2:52

• Changed state: Started

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Sorry, you have to cast it, this is the correct line:
((Spinner)dd.getView()).setPrompt("The prompt");

Original comment by IMPINC...@gmail.com on 11 May 2012 at 3:01

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So first I want to say Thank you, as I did not notice the Prompt either...that 
is not however what I originally was reporting.  I should have included 
pictures (which I will from now on).  Please see screenshots

Original comment by bric...@gmail.com on 12 May 2012 at 2:47

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That's been there the whole time. Use setSelection(String element) to set the 
default selection.

Original comment by IMPINC...@gmail.com on 22 May 2012 at 7:07

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Original comment by IMPINC...@gmail.com on 22 May 2012 at 7:22

• Changed state: Done