Question

I have created a spinner which looks like

My layout file is:

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/round_corners"
        android:padding="7dip" >

        <Spinner
            android:id="@+id/select_city"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:prompt="@string/selectCity" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView3"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="14dp"
            android:text="@string/City"
            android:textColor="@color/dark_grey"
            android:textSize="18dp" />
    </RelativeLayout>

What I want is to make the background of the spinner transparent but still show the downward arrow. Is there any way that I can do this?

Answer 1

Create xml file and place it in drawable folder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item android:state_pressed="true"
       android:drawable="@drawable/slim_spinner_pressed" />
 <item android:drawable="@drawable/slim_spinner_normal" />
</selector>

.

<Spinner ..... android:background="@drawable/selector_slim_spinner" ..... />

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