I\'m trying to get my android app a bit more stylish and have made some progress but the spinner dropdown are giving me trouble. I\'ve got a screenshot to show you the probl
Remove the SpinnerStyle background attribute.
Remove this:
which is what draws the background white rectangle.
Building on the code in your question, here is a basic example on how you can style your Spinner:
The styles.xml file sets styles for the SpinnerItem and SpinnerDropDownItem:
For testing, I've created a bright-colored drawable shape, called my_rectangle.xml. Replace this with your own drawable:
Add the Spinner to the Activity's layout:
This produces:

with no white square in the background.