A spinner that only updates when the user touches the screen

OnTouchSpinnerActivity.java

// A member variable
private boolean userIsInteracting;

/*
Beginning with API level 3 you can use onUserInteraction() on an Activity with a boolean to determine if the user is interacting with the device.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onUserInteraction()
*/
@Override
public void onUserInteraction() {
     super.onUserInteraction();
     userIsInteracting = true;
}

private void  setupViews() {
  mSpinnerView.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
  
     @Override
     public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View view, int position, long arg3) {
          spinnerAdapter.setmPreviousSelectedIndex(position);
          if (userIsInteracting) {
               updateGUI();
          }
     }
  
     @Override
     public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
  
     }
  });
}