how to set a title for spinner which is not selectable..?

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I have spinner but in it only selectable items are shown as default title..

is there any way i can set title which doesn't appear when spinner unfolds...

please be more specific or an image will be for better for understanding . — Sujit, Jun 17 '11 at 12:51
well to precise i need a title to spinner.. which is not selectable but is always visible before selecting anything in spinner... and it should not appear in the list of options selectable,.... — ngesh, Jun 17 '11 at 12:54
look at this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/867518/how-to-make-an-android-spinner-with-initial-text-select-one — Kartik Domadiya, Jun 17 '11 at 12:56
Take a look here: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-spinner.html Also, you can create a custom dialog that looks identical to a spinner. Then you can do whatever you want with it. — SBerg413, Jun 17 '11 at 12:55

score 58 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 29 '13 at 12:36

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You will have to set the prompt attribute of spinner.

<Spinner   android:id="@+id/discuss_about_spinner"  
           android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:prompt="@string/discuss_about_header"
           android:layout_below="@+id/what_time_layout">
</Spinner>

Programmatically set title to Spinner

spinner.setPrompt("Title");

I don't know what the reason is, prompt don't support direct substitution of a string value. Instead you must have your string in strings.xml.

edited Jan 29 '13 at 12:36

Pradeep

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answered Jul 07 '11 at 11:26

Andro Selva

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This one should be selected as answer, as setting a title in a `Spinner` is already available. Otherwise use `spinner.setPrompt("Title")` method. – krishh Oct 11 '12 at 13:09
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This should not be the selected answer, this isn't what the question is asking. The question is asking to have a spinner hold [1,2,3], but before an option is selected, the spinner itself does not have one of the [1,2,3] values shown. It shows a title such as "Select One" – JuiCe Jan 25 '13 at 15:42

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '11 at 10:54

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I just realized what you were trying to do. You want the Spinner "button" to have a title. Something like "- Select One -", correct?

If that is indeed the case, here is how I accomplished this. Don't use a spinner. Instead, use a button and style with the title to look like a spinner (will have to find how I did this). When the user clicks the button, open a "select one" dialog and style it to look like a spinner's dialog. I'll try to put a code sample up shortly.

answered Jun 22 '11 at 10:54

SBerg413

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tat's a good idea.. i can implement it myself.. thanks.. – ngesh Jun 22 '11 at 11:07
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@SBerg413, you didn't answered whether we can set tittle which is not selectable? – RobinHood Apr 03 '12 at 12:39
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re-inventing the wheel to have such a simple thing? – Paranoid Android Oct 24 '12 at 15:56
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if you think this elegant solution is "re-inventing the wheel" simply don't use it. ;-) – SBerg413 Oct 24 '12 at 17:51
not that elegant... and "reinvent the wheel" – stackunderflow May 15 '15 at 08:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 17 '11 at 12:56

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I'm afraid this is not available out-of-the-box. You'll need to implement this yourself.

answered Jun 17 '11 at 12:56

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i would ve done it.. but don't want to take unnecessary risk if its readily available..:) – ngesh Jun 17 '11 at 12:58

how to set a title for spinner which is not selectable..?

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