How to create android spinner without down triangle on the right side of the widget

Question

I have a screen where the user has many items to input so screen space is at a premium.

I want the look of the widget on the screen (before the user presses it) t

Answer 1

No answer was helpful for me, so here is a really simple one-line solution that worked.

  //some spinner initialisation stuff->
mySpinner.setAdapter(adapter);

  //some spinner initialisation stuff->
mySpinner.getBackground().setColorFilter(Color.TRANSPARENT, PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR);

I can't tell for sure if it will work with just a default spinner layout, but it worked well with my custom that I created for other needs.