Calling value from OnItemSelectedListener

I have a value from the selected item in spinner passed to a String variable 'selectedSpinner' using spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(). I am trying to access 'selectedSpinner' outside of the method.

I have tried to assign 'selectedSpinner' to another String 'selectedCategory' but outside of the spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener() method, 'selectedSpinner' could not be resolved. What should be done to access 'selectedSpinner' outside of the method? Thanks

private void recordDialog() {

    ...
    //get category
    final Spinner spinner = subView.findViewById(R.id.spinner);
    ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.category, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
    adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            String selectedSpinner = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

        }
    });
    final String selectedCategory = selectedSpinner;
    ...
    final AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
    alertDialog.show();
}

You need to declare selectedSpinner outside recordDialog function (or set it as global)

String selectedSpinner;
          ...
private void recordDialog() {
          ...... 
     @Override
      public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
         selectedSpinner = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
      }
}

After that you can assign selectedSpinner to selectedCategory.