Question

The first year from the data array is shown instead of the text from prompt in my spinner. I tried adding the prompt in XML, but I also tried from code. Furthermore, it gives me a “resource not found error”, when adding the spinnerSelector attribute.

XML

<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/spinnerYear"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
    android:layout_marginRight="10dip"
    android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
    android:padding="5dip"
    android:prompt="@string/spinner_header"
    android:background="@drawable/selector_yearspinnerback"
    android:layout_below="@+id/linearLayout_gender_btns"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"></Spinner>
  -- android:spinnerSelector="@drawable/category_arrow"

Code

ArrayList<String> yearList = new ArrayList<String>();
int now = new Date().getYear() + 1900;
for (int i = now; i > now - 110; i--) {
    yearList.add(i + "");
}
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerYear);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, yearList);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);

Answer 1

For me, both android:prompt XML attibute as well as Spinner.setPrompt work, and list selector displays correct title.

Try to find bug in your code, or make call to Spinner.getPrompt at some point and print this to log, to find our from where you get invalid title.