Android Spinner with different layouts for “drop down state” and “closed state”?

Question

I have an Android Spinner view in my layout. I would like that spinner to show only a single text item when closed, but when the user clicks on it (i.e. opens the spinner di

Answer 1

You have to create a custom Adapter class for the Spinner and overwrite the two methods getView() for the normal closed view and getDropDownView() for the drop down list view. Both methods must return a View object for a single element.

Have a look at this tutorial it might help you getting started.