Changing background color of spinner hides dropdown arrow

Question

I have a spinnder and set its background color to white. The problem is, the arrow's gone. I don't know why. Is there something wrong?

I'm using this code.

drivers = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
drivers.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);

ArrayAdapter<String> adp1=new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item , driverList);
adp1.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.select_dialog_singlechoice);
drivers.setAdapter(adp1);
drivers.setPrompt("Select Driver");

Here's my layout:

<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/spinner1"
    android:layout_width="330dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"/>

Any ideas? I want to retain the white background but the dropdown arrow should show.

If you set Spinner custom background color then it fill all area included arrow area so it's better to make your custom background with arrow and set as Spinner Background rather than Background Color. — Haresh Chhelana, Sep 09 '13 at 09:18
Refer my answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25867539/change-spinner-background-color-but-keep-arrow/43759910#43759910 — Namrata Bagerwal, May 03 '17 at 12:23

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '15 at 05:37

I solved this problem wrapping spinner by RelativeLayOut and using background for RelativeLayOut.Then arrow does not disappears.

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#f00" >
            <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </RelativeLayout>

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 08 '14 at 11:08

2

Set background image (with arrow) instead of color.

Code

drivers.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_img);

edited Oct 08 '14 at 11:08

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answered Sep 09 '13 at 11:46

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Changing background color of spinner hides dropdown arrow

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