How to set tittle for spinner in android

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For spinner how to set tittle ,i tried with 'prompt' in both xml and activity file ,it is showing as tittle for dropdown list after clicking on spinner but i want to give tittle for spinner how to do it,help me.

    Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
    spinner.setPrompt(getResources().getString(R.string.hello_world));

@Prince hey i already seen just for tittle that much code??give me any short answer,if it is final answer i will stop using spinner. — , Dec 24 '13 at 07:06
Here is the perfect solution and it's working in my case.[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/867518/how-to-make-an-android-spinner-with-initial-text-select-one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/867518/how-to-make-an-android-spinner-with-initial-text-select-one) — M D, Dec 24 '13 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 07:08

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Try this :

spinner.setPrompt("Select Things");

answered Dec 24 '13 at 07:08

Virag Brahme

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 07:10

I ended up using a Button instead. While a Button is not a Spinner, the behavior is easy to customize.

First create the Adapter as usual:

String[] items = new String[] {"One", "Two", "Three"};
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
        android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, items);

Note that I am using the simple_spinner_dropdown_item as the layout id. This will help create a better look when creating the alert dialog.

In the onClick handler for my Button I have:

public void onClick(View w) {
  new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
  .setTitle("the prompt")
  .setAdapter(adapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

      // TODO: user specific action

      dialog.dismiss();
    }
  }).create().show();
}

And that's it!

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 07:50

use that

 <Spinner
              android:id="@+id/spinner3"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:entries="@array/gender"
            android:prompt="@string/Gender_prompt1" 
               />

and string.xml

<string name="Gender_prompt1">Choose a Gender</string>

How to set tittle for spinner in android

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