How is it possible to create a spinner with images instead of text?

Question

Given the code bellow, is it possible to have images instead of text in the array planets?

    Spinner s = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);    
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Answer 1

I just needed a super easy solution for a fixed set of images in a spinner, so I did this:

public class SimpleImageArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
private Integer[] images;

public SimpleImageArrayAdapter(Context context, Integer[] images) {
    super(context, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, images);
    this.images = images;
}

@Override
public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    return getImageForPosition(position);
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    return getImageForPosition(position);
}

private View getImageForPosition(int position) {
        ImageView imageView = new ImageView(getContext());
        imageView.setBackgroundResource(images[position]);
        imageView.setLayoutParams(new AbsListView.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        return imageView;
}

}

And then in the code you can just use it like this:

    SimpleImageArrayAdapter adapter = new SimpleImageArrayAdapter(context, 
        new Integer[]{R.drawable.smiley1, R.drawable.smiley2, R.drawable.smiley3, R.drawable.smiley4, R.drawable.smiley5});
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);