Android Spinner - How to make dropdown view transparent?

Question

I have a custom spinner dropdown xml file in /res/layout/:

spinner_view_dropdown.xml:




        

Answer 1

It's a bug in 1.5 I think, see here

http://www.symsource.com/index.php?view=article&id=418&option=com_content&format=pdf

Run it in a 1.6 emulator or device, does it still stay white?

I actually came here looking for an approach to this, I suspect this may involve manually writing to the canvas or something like that.

Any ideas.

P.S. Accidentally posted when I thought I was logged in, anyone know how to get rid of the anonymous comment? Maybe an admin could fix this?