Android : How can i Customize Spinner items?

Question

This is my Spinner with Package names of Installed apps as ArrayList. It works fine but the text on spinner items appear white and the text is not visible untill focused. I need to set the item color to black, how can i?

public class AppList extends Activity
{
    private Spinner spinner;
    private ArrayList results = new ArrayList();


    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate( savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);


        spinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.Button);


        PackageManager pm = AppList.this.getPackageManager();
        Intent intent = new Intent( Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
        List list = pm.queryIntentActivities(intent,
        PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);


        for (ResolveInfo rInfo : list)
        {       results.add(rInfo.activityInfo.packageName.toString());
        }

       spinner.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, results));
}}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9476665/how-to-change-spinner-text-size-and-text-color — Francesco verheye, May 22 '14 at 07:44
For that you need to make Custom spinner xml file in which your TextView color will be black and after that you can use that layout file. — Piyush, May 22 '14 at 07:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '14 at 07:46

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ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, array);
    adaptersetDropDownViewResource(R.layout.your_layout);
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);

Make a layout xml with only textview:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:textcolor="@android:color/black"/>

answered May 22 '14 at 07:46

berserk

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Sooo crisp, worked like a charm, thnx but now the problem is height of items are not equal because of text. Anyway to fix that? – Emm Jay May 22 '14 at 08:18
@RashedLone Do you mean the height of dropdown element and spinner? – berserk May 22 '14 at 08:23
@RashedLone Can you post a screenshot? – berserk May 22 '14 at 08:27
@RashedLone You can give the padding to the textview to make it big, or increase its size. – berserk May 22 '14 at 08:58
@RashedLone You can make the textview single line by android:singleLine=true – berserk May 22 '14 at 08:59
@RashedLone Why did you changed the correct answer? I already gave the same answer which you marked correct. – berserk May 22 '14 at 10:29
Oh!! by mistake, Sorry. I accepted your answer as correct. Thnx, I'm done. God bless you. – Emm Jay May 22 '14 at 12:15
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/54220/discussion-between-rashed-lone-and-berserk). – Emm Jay May 22 '14 at 15:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '14 at 07:44

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Extend the adapter, and customize the view in getView and getDropdownView.

answered May 22 '14 at 07:44

yedidyak

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '14 at 07:47

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Edit your simple_list_item_1.xml file

Add this your textview;

 android:textColor="#000000"

answered May 22 '14 at 07:47

mehmetakifalp

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It's not possible, it's android Layout xml – Emm Jay May 22 '14 at 08:14

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 22 '14 at 09:10

    ArrayAdapter<String> adap = new     ArrayAdapter<String>     (this,
android.R.layout.simple_
spinner_item, your_array );
    adap.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.row);
        spinner.setAdapter(adap);

Now Customize the text in row.xml

Android : How can i Customize Spinner items?

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