custom spinner desigin in android code example

Example 1: spinner android

// Spinner element
      Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
      
      // Spinner click listener
      spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
      
      // Spinner Drop down elements
      List<String> categories = new ArrayList<String>();
      categories.add("Automobile");
      categories.add("Business Services");
      categories.add("Computers");
      categories.add("Education");
      categories.add("Personal");
      categories.add("Travel");
      
      // Creating adapter for spinner
      ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, categories);
      
      // Drop down layout style - list view with radio button
      dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
      
      // attaching data adapter to spinner
      spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter);

Example 2: style for spinner android

<style name="spinner_style">
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">0dp</item>
        <item name="android:dropDownWidth">533dp</item>
        <item name="android:showDividers">none</item>
        <item name="android:dividerHeight">0dp</item>
        <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/new_bg</item>
        <item name="android:dropDownHeight">70dp</item>
        <item name="android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack">true</item>
        <item name="android:dropDownSelector">@android:color/white</item>
 </style>

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