how to add hint of AppCompatSpinner

Question

Well first of all This is not android.widget.Spinner it's AppCompatSpinner

how to add hint of AppCompatSpinner i'm getting a string-array from String.xml

So my question is how to i take 1st String as a Hint

Below layout.xml file :

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatSpinner
                    android:id="@+id/spStates"
                    style="@style/TextLabelBookBlack"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                    android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/_4sdp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_4sdp"
                    android:entries="@array/us_states"
                    android:scrollbars="none"/>

Below is String.xml

<string-array name="us_states">
        <item>States</item>
        <item>Alabama,AL</item>
        <item>Alaska,AK</item>
        <item>American Samoa,AS</item>
        <item>Arizona,AZ</item>
        <item>Arkansas,AR</item>
        <item>California,CA</item>
        <item>Colorado,CO</item>
        <item>Connecticut,CT</item>
</string-array>

in String.xml 1st item is States so i want to take States as a hint so how to i take it.

i declare a 1st its not a `android.widget.Spinner` @SachinVarma — Ali, Feb 21 '18 at 09:53
spinner have no hint, you can disable first position programmatically. — Hemant Parmar, Feb 21 '18 at 09:55
add hint in string-array item first position and handle condition in onItemSelectedListener() — SahdevRajput74, Feb 21 '18 at 09:56
and `android.widget.Spinner` or `AppCompatSpinner` same or different @HemantParmar — Ali, Feb 21 '18 at 09:57
you can use Material spinner for set hint, have look [MaterialSpinner](https://github.com/ganfra/MaterialSpinner) — Hemant Parmar, Feb 21 '18 at 09:58
Spinner/AppCompatSpinner does not support hint. 1) Put a [label](https://material.io/guidelines/components/text-fields.html#text-fields-layout) above it if you have to and 2) preselect a reasonable default in the spinner. — Eugen Pechanec, Feb 21 '18 at 09:59
But you can disable first item click programetically then why you are not doing that ?? — SahdevRajput74, Feb 21 '18 at 10:00
`AppCompatSpinner extends android.widget.Spinner `.... So **it is** the other Spinner by definition. Read the docs or the source code https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_support/blob/master/v7/appcompat/src/main/java/android/support/v7/widget/AppCompatSpinner.java#L68 — OneCricketeer, Feb 21 '18 at 10:02
There is no hint support in Spinner . A `TextView` with `PopUpWindow` can provide same appearance . And FYI `Spinner` and `AppCompatSpinner` both are almost same. — ADM, Feb 21 '18 at 10:05
Also, as the documentation says *[`AppCompatSpinner`] will automatically be used when you use `Spinner` in your layouts. You should only need to manually use this class when writing custom views* — OneCricketeer, Feb 21 '18 at 10:05
Ya sure i'll try my best first if show the error then i'll change my question ok @SahdevRajput74 — Ali, Feb 21 '18 at 10:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '18 at 10:00

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May be you can use an edit text and set a hint to it..when users select an item display it in the edit text ..just keep the spinner below the edit text in xml file ...and fire onclick event of spinner when clicked on edit text(basically you just need to hide/show the dropdown)

answered Feb 21 '18 at 10:00

Harsh Agrawal

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In this case the user would still be able to type into it though. – mgabz Mar 27 '18 at 16:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 10:05

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You might be interested in the prompt attribute of the Spinner class.

answered Feb 21 '18 at 10:05

Rainmaker

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how to add hint of AppCompatSpinner

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