Changing Spinner background generates dark colored border

Question

Using a simple spinner. When I scroll the spinner the shadow around spinner dropdown starts growing darker in color.

I managed to fix the issue but

I will appreciate if someone could explain me why was this happening?

<Spinner
            android:id="@id/drop_list_1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            android:dropDownSelector="@android:drawable/list_selector_background"
            android:dropDownWidth="wrap_content"
            android:minHeight="@dimen/min_header_height"
            android:popupBackground="#FFFFFF" />

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '16 at 11:05

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fixed: for Api below 21

style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.DropDown"

if working on api 21 and above

android:popupTheme="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.DropDown"

answered Mar 01 '16 at 11:05

harsh_v

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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As of July 2016, the shadowing issue is still present when android:popupBackground is used to specify a color (eg: White)

Google has provided a fix for this for Android 6.0 and above via android:popupTheme but that is not applicable for < 6.0

Detailed explanation : How do I set a different theme for a Spinner's dropdown?

Working Solution (Android < 6.0) - Creating a shape and using it as background : Spinner graphical bug API 21

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jul 02 '16 at 18:52

Jay

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Thank you i removed the PopupBackground after that it was working. – S HemaNandhini Jun 20 '18 at 15:03

Changing Spinner background generates dark colored border

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