How to remove spinner title?

Question

I am using spinner in android action bar and want to display some items.But that spinner background has image.When I add list of item in spinner.By default first value displays near to the image.Is there any way to remove that by default text.

My spinner code is :

    <Spinner
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="right"
            android:background="@drawable/ic_action_overflow"
            android:entries="@array/spinnerItems"/>

array/spinnerItems :

    <string-array name="spinnerItems">
        <item>item1</item>
        <item>item2</item>
        <item>item3</item>
        <item>item4</item>
    </string-array>

Please find the attached image for reference :

I want to remove the text "item1" displayed near to action overflow image icon.

@DarjiJigar Thanks It is the best answer.But some extra space will be displayed in spinner.Can we remove that gap . — vimal mishra, Apr 02 '16 at 12:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '17 at 07:59

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     ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter =new ArrayAdapter<CharSequence>
      (this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item){
        @NonNull
        @Override
        public View getView(int position, @Nullable View convertView, 
      @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
            // this part is needed for hiding the original view
            View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
            view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            return view;
        }
    };

answered Jul 29 '17 at 07:59

yousef

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you must create custom adapter extend array adapter you can see this answer create custom adapter https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35983176/how-to-create-spinner-list-using-customadapter-in-android – yousef Mar 01 '20 at 08:14

Android Geek · Answer 2 · 2017-07-31T04:38:42.627

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In layout XML for Spinner use android:prompt=""

 <Spinner
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="right"
            android:prompt="@string/prompt"
            android:background="@drawable/ic_action_overflow"
            android:entries="@array/spinnerItems"/>

Or

add first item of spinner like

<item>""</item>

and promt string also should be

 <item>""</item>

edited Jul 31 '17 at 04:38

answered Apr 02 '16 at 12:12

Android Geek

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I have tried this android:prompt="" but it is prompting some error Error:(35, 32) String types not allowed (at 'prompt' with value ''). – vimal mishra Apr 02 '16 at 12:18
ok try with `android:prompt="@string/prompt"` and set it to null in strings.xml. – Android Geek Apr 02 '16 at 12:31
Also you can try second option if first is not working. @vimalmishra – Android Geek Apr 02 '16 at 12:33
Yeah Second one solved the issue but problem is in drop down list there are some free space available.But it is working fine with no issues. – vimal mishra Apr 02 '16 at 15:06

How to remove spinner title?

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