Set Spinner background colour without removing default dropdown indicator icon

Question

Please let me know how I can change background colour for a spinner in Android.

<Spinner
        android:id="@+id/addData"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/blue" />

Above code adds the colour BLUE but it also hides the default drop down icon. Is there a way without using custom background xml to add colour and not hide the icon?

Thanks Abhinav Tyagi

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19900017/how-to-customize-the-progress-dialog-in-android ..go through this link for answer — Mr. N.V.Rao, Dec 31 '13 at 07:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 11:25

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There is an easy workaround. Just wrap your Spinner in a FrameLayout (for exapmle) and set background color of your choice to the Layout.

<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/white"
    >

    <Spinner
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />

</FrameLayout>

answered Jun 17 '15 at 11:25

Will Neithan

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Thanks, but its an old question. I don't remember where I used it. Will find out and test your code. – Abhinav Tyagi Jun 17 '15 at 11:28
I know it's an old question but it might help others struggling with the same problem. – Will Neithan Jun 17 '15 at 11:33
Yeah :). I will check and revert on this – Abhinav Tyagi Jun 17 '15 at 12:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 06:54

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add hexdecimal number for blue android:background="HEX_COLOR_CODE" or use android:popupBackground="YOUR_HEX_COLOR_CODE"

<Spinner
        android:id="@+id/addData"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#0000FF" />

answered Dec 31 '13 at 06:54

Nambi

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this is what I am doing right now... but it hides the default icon same code as above – Abhinav Tyagi Dec 31 '13 at 07:27

Set Spinner background colour without removing default dropdown indicator icon

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