How do I make a Spinner's “disabled” state look disabled?

Question

When I disable my Spinner it looks almost exactly like it did prior to being disabled, i.e.

Before

Answer 1

The .getSelectedView() did not work for me. So I tricked the Spinner to show being disabled.

You will need to define your own colors for the disabled look.

For Example:

R.color.blue_text //means enabled
R.color.gray_text //means disabled

So to disable my spinner:

((TextView)mySpinner.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.gray_text));
mySpinner.setEnabled(false);
mySpinner.setFocusable(false);

To enable my spinner:

((TextView)mySpinner.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue_text));
mySpinner.setEnabled(true);
mySpinner.setFocusable(true);

You don't need to change styles or modify any XML. Just do this in your code, even within event methods, you should be fine.