I'm trying to set the index of the item that needs to be selected in the spinner by default, but it always defaults to 0 (1st item)

actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST);

SpinnerAdapter spinnerAdapter =
            new ArrayAdapter<String>(activity, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
                    names);
int selectedIndex = actionBar.getSelectedNavigationIndex();
if (selectedIndex != targetIndex) {
    actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(targetIndex);
}

Above if block is called always. Even after setting index 2, next time I check it returns 0.

Edit: I suspect getSelectedNavigationIndex gives index of actionBar item rather than Spinner dropdown item. If that is the case, what method sets the index of selected item inside dropdown?

android android-3.0-honeycomb
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