Android - Remove Spinner Dropdown Arrow
I'm just wondering if it's at all possible to simply remove the dropdown arrow for a spinner? I have a drawable arrow in a backgroud layout for my spinner, however the system default arrow appears to the right of the spinner, which I would like to get rid of.
Here is the spinner xml code for my activity layout
<Spinner
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/spinnerSelectStaff"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
android:layout_marginRight="18dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:dropDownSelector="@drawable/empty"/>
And my custom spinner layout looks like this:
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@android:id/text1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:background="@drawable/spinner_text_shape"
android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_keyboard_arrow_down_black_24dp"
android:textColor="@color/primary_text" />
Thanks!
Background @null in the layout xml file also does the trick, if you don't want to declare a specific style:
<Spinner
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@null"/>
This may help You
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style parent="@android:style/Widget.Spinner" name="SpinnerwithNoArrow">
<item name="android:background">@android:drawable/edit_text</item>
</style>
</resources>
Use this style in ur spinner
Please try this simple way:
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
Both answers were not helpful for me, so here is a really simple one-line solution that worked.
//some spinner initialisation stuff->
mySpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
//some spinner initialisation stuff->
mySpinner.getBackground().setColorFilter(Color.TRANSPARENT, PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR);
I can't tell for sure if it will work with just a default spinner layout, but it worked well with my custom that I created for other needs.