Android: Need to change the spinner background color

Question

I\'m using three spinners inside of my XML file. Want to change spinner color until press the next spinner.

This is my xml I used:

Answer 1

You can change mybg.xml as below.

If want to show the arrow (">"). You can change your file mybg.xml as below. The nine-patch file can be found in /Android/android-sdks/plataforms//data/res/spinner_default_holo_light.9.png. Copy this to your drawable folder.

File res/drawable/mybg.xml

File res/layout/activity_main

File MainActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.Spinner;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final Spinner sp1, sp2, sp3;


        sp1 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
        sp2 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
        sp3 = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner3);

        Drawable d = sp1.getBackground();

        sp1.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                sp1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.mybg);
                sp2.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                sp3.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                return false;
            }
        });

        sp2.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                sp1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                sp2.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.mybg);
                sp3.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                return false;
            }
        });

        sp3.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                sp1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                sp2.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.spinner_default_holo_light);
                sp3.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.mybg);
                return false;
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}