How to add floating label on Spinner

Question

After using the Android Design Support Library\'s TextInputLayout to place a floating label above an EditText component, I was wondering if there is a way to add a floating

Answer 1

I have an alternative solution that uses the behavior of TextInputLayout and a custom DialogFragment (AlertDialog) to emulate a spinner dialog popup.

layout.xml:

Create Custom Spinner via DialogFragment (AlertDialog)

SpinnerFragment.java:

public class SpinnerFragment extends DialogFragment {

private static final String TITLEID = "titleId";
private static final String LISTID = "listId";
private static final String EDITTEXTID = "editTextId";

public static SpinnerFragment newInstance(int titleId, int listId, int editTextId) {
    Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
    bundle.putInt(TITLEID, titleId);
    bundle.putInt(LISTID, listId);
    bundle.putInt(EDITTEXTID, editTextId);
    SpinnerFragment spinnerFragment = new SpinnerFragment();
    spinnerFragment.setArguments(bundle);

    return spinnerFragment;
}

@Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    final int titleId = getArguments().getInt(TITLEID);
    final int listId = getArguments().getInt(LISTID);
    final int editTextId = getArguments().getInt(EDITTEXTID);
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());

    try {
        final String[] items = getResources().getStringArray(listId);

        builder.setTitle(titleId)
                .setItems(listId, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int pos) {
                        EditText et = (EditText) getActivity().findViewById(editTextId);
                        String selectedText = items[pos];
                        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(selectedText)) {
                            et.setText(selectedText);
                        } else {
                            et.getText().clear();
                        }
                    }
                });

    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        Log.e(getClass().toString(), "Failed to select option in " + getActivity().toString() + " as there are no references for passed in resource Ids in Bundle", e);
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), getString(R.string.error_failed_to_select), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    return builder.create();
}

}

Activity.java:

private void addCustomSpinner() {
    EditText yourEt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.your_et);
    yourEt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            showCustomSpinnerDialog(view);
        }
    });
}

private void showCustomSpinnerDialog(View v) {
    int titleId = R.string.your_label;
    int listId = R.array.spinner_selections;
    int editTextId = R.id.your_et;
    SpinnerFragment spinnerFragment = SpinnerFragment.newInstance(titleId, listId, editTextId);
    spinnerFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "customSpinner");
}

Result

When you click on the spinner styled TextInputLayout, it will trigger an alert dialog containing your list of selections. Once a selection is chosen, the EditText will be populated with your selection and the label will float like how you want.