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Preeyah
Preeyah

Reputation: 373

How to set the items' text color in Spinner Android


I'm having problems with setting text color for the Spinner. I've seen few examples but most have ArrayAdapter and String array from strings.xml in res folder as my Spinner's items are retrieved from SQLite Database so I think it may not help.

Here are my Spinner's codes PersonalInformation.java

public class PersonalInformation extends Activity
{
    EditText txtLikes, txtDislikes, txtType, txtDate;
    Button btnView, btnBack;
    Spinner nameSpinner;    

    final Context context = this;

    private int namesSpinnerId;        

    LikesDBAdapter likeDB = new LikesDBAdapter(this);
    DislikesDBAdapter dlikeDB = new DislikesDBAdapter(this);


    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.info);

        BuddyDBAdapter buddyDB = new BuddyDBAdapter(this);
        buddyDB.open();

        Cursor friendsCursor = buddyDB.getAllNames();
        startManagingCursor(friendsCursor); 

        String[] from = new String[]{BuddyDBAdapter.KEY_NAME};
        int[] to = new int[]{R.id.name};

        SimpleCursorAdapter friendsCursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, friendsCursor, from, to);
        friendsCursorAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        nameSpinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.nameSpinner);
        nameSpinner.setAdapter(friendsCursorAdapter);
        //buddyDB.close();


        nameSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener()
            {
                 @Override
                 public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id)
                 {
                     Cursor c = (Cursor)parent.getItemAtPosition(pos);
                     namesSpinnerId = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(BuddyDBAdapter.KEY_ROWID));
                 }

                @Override
                public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent)
                {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                }
            });
        buddyDB.close();

And, these are Spinner's layout codes in info.xml

<Spinner
        style="@style/SpinnerStyle"
        android:id="@+id/nameSpinner"        
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:prompt="@string/friends_prompt"
        android:textColor="@color/green" />

Please help me with how to set the items text color in Spinner.
I'll appreciate any help provided. Thanks.! =)

Upvotes: 5

Views: 21284

Answers (4)

jiahao
jiahao

Reputation: 3393

This is the source code of simple_spinner_drowdown_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
/* //device/apps/common/assets/res/any/layout/simple_spinner_item.xml
**
** Copyright 2008, The Android Open Source Project
**
** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
** You may obtain a copy of the License at 
**
**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
**
** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
** limitations under the License.
*/
-->
<CheckedTextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    style="?android:attr/spinnerDropDownItemStyle"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/dropdownListPreferredItemHeight"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:textAlignment="inherit"/>

The problem here is ?android:attr/dropdownListPreferredItemHeight is not public, but it seems it is 48 dip or 64dip: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/414c4984fdbb03b688bb5c3c76d20100fce3d067%5E1..414c4984fdbb03b688bb5c3c76d20100fce3d067/

Upvotes: 0

Manish Dubey
Manish Dubey

Reputation: 4306

Use Custom ArrayAdapter or Custom Spinner.

Have you seen http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/02/20/how-to-create-custom-layout-for-your-spinner-in-android-or-customizable-spinner-2/?

Upvotes: 2

xyz
xyz

Reputation: 308

modify the text color create a new xml file in your res/layout folder 

<TextView android:id="@+id/spinnerText" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:textColor="#2f4f4f" 
    android:textSize="20dp" 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"/>

and call adapter similar to like this :

ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
                R.array.spinner_array,
                R.layout.spinner_text);

Upvotes: 0

V.J.
V.J.

Reputation: 9590

Create a xml file for your spinner item. and put it in layout folder

spinner_view.xml:


<TextView  
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:gravity="left"  
  android:textColor="@color/green"         
/>

and finally in your code.

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.spinner_view,yourList);

Upvotes: 9

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