Android - Text dropdown/selection of Spinner does not show

Question

I\'m using this sample code to populate the Spinner. Data is read from database. The selection displays correctly - in this case, it shows \"Green\" and \"Red\".

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Answer 1

Qberticus,

Yes, you're right about the resource ID binding!!

However, if I started with android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, obviously the dropdown layout will show, but it is not pretty :-)

String[] from = new String[] { ProfileDbAdapter.COL_PROFILE_TITLE };
int[] to = new int[] { android.R.id.text1 }; // from simple_spinner_dropdown_item

SimpleCursorAdapter profilesAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
     android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, profilesCursor, from, to);

spinnerColor.setAdapter(profilesAdapter);

But now If I started with simple_spinner_item first, then setDropDownViewResource to simple_spinner_dropdown item, it now displays exactly what I'm looking for.

String[] from = new String[] { ProfileDbAdapter.COL_PROFILE_TITLE };
int[] to = new int[] { android.R.id.text1 }; // from simple_spinner_dropdown_item

SimpleCursorAdapter profilesAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
     android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, profilesCursor, from, to);

profilesAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

spinnerColor.setAdapter(profilesAdapter);

Thank you so much for your help.