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javaandroidlayoutstylesspinner
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R_1996

Reputation: 39

Android not able to center text inside spinner using custom style

I have a SearchableSpinner and I want to display the text in the center of it

   <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal">
     
       <com.toptoche.searchablespinnerlibrary.SearchableSpinner
                        android:id="@+id/spinner_client"
                        style="@style/spinner_style_v2"
                        android:layout_width="300dp"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:padding="5dp"
                        android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"/>


     </LinearLayout>

and here the custom style. I tried adding <item name="android:textAlignment">center</item> but it's not working also I've tried <item name="android:paddingTop">10dp</item> to see if the text will move to the bottom a little bit but it's not moving.

<style name="spinner_style_v2">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/gradient_spinner</item>
        <item name="android:popupBackground">#DFFFFFFF</item>

</style>

Spinner adapter

try {
    if (clientList != null && clientList.size() > 0) {
        ArrayAdapter<Client> clientArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Client>(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.support_simple_spinner_dropdown_item, clientList);
        clientArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        clientSpinner.setAdapter(clientArrayAdapter);
        clientSpinner.setTitle("Choose Client");
    }
} catch (Exception ex) {
    Log.d(TAG, ex.toString());
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 66

Answers (1)

Shay Kin
Shay Kin

Reputation: 2657

To center item in your Spinner create a Custom layout and center TextView with android:gravity="center" like the XML below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center">
</TextView>

and in your java code use this layout as @LayoutRes in your Adapter :

ArrayAdapter<Client> clientArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Client>(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.simple_text, clientList);

Upvotes: 1

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