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

For future reference, if you're using Kotlin, you can make use of extension functions, and provide a custom behaviour for disabled elements:

fun Spinner.forceEnabled(isEnabled : Boolean){
    setEnabled(isEnabled)
    getChildAt(0)?.let{ childView ->
        childView.alpha = if (this.isEnabled) 1.0f else 0.33f
    }
    invalidate()
}

someSpinner.forceEnabled(true)

This will allow to set custom properties to spinner children views, as the spinner is being disabled, without need for subclassing. Be cautious, as extension functions are resolved statically!