Android spinner divider color

Question

I have a spinner styled like this

<style name="OptionsSpinner" parent="android:Widget.Spinner">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/spinner_background</item>
    <item name="android:spinnerMode">dropdown</item>
    <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/SpinnerDropdown</item>
</style>

<style name="SpinnerDropdown">
    <item name="android:divider">#ff0000</item>
</style>

but the style SpinnerDropDown doesn't have any effect, the divider is grey or whatever the default is. How do I style the dividers in a spinner?

score 51 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 05 '14 at 12:34

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You are using this style directly in the style property of your Spinner widget? If so, that's why it's not working. You should style the divider using the theme of your application.

To style the divider, do the following:

In your application theme you should have the item android:dropDownListViewStyle:

<style name="applicationTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/mySpinnerStyle</item>
</style>

And, the style of the divider (mySpinnerStyle) is defined in:

<style name="mySpinnerStyle" parent="android:Widget.ListView.DropDown">
    <item name="android:divider">#00ff00</item>
    <item name="android:dividerHeight">1dp</item>
</style>

Now you have a green divider on your Spinner :)

edited Aug 05 '14 at 12:34

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 14:09

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The styling applied here works when the Spinner is set to it's default mode which is dropdown, if the Spinner mode is set to dialog then the styling has no effect ! – E_X May 06 '14 at 13:17
Why doesn't the style get applied when it is used directly in the style property of the spinner? Any idea? – DevAndroid Sep 10 '14 at 06:04
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What if I have two spinners in my activity which need different divider colors? In this case the method which you suggested will not work – DevAndroid Sep 10 '14 at 06:05
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@DevAndroid See my answer below – Denys Kniazhev-Support Ukraine Oct 06 '14 at 11:01
Where is the answer below? – DevAndroid Jul 29 '15 at 05:36
@DevAndroid , see my answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/47266365/4543133 – YTerle Nov 14 '17 at 15:56

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