How to set the items' text color in Spinner Android

Question

I'm having problems with setting text color for the Spinner. I've seen few examples but most have ArrayAdapter and String array from strings.xml in res folder as my Spinner's items are retrieved from SQLite Database so I think it may not help.

Here are my Spinner's codes PersonalInformation.java

public class PersonalInformation extends Activity
{
    EditText txtLikes, txtDislikes, txtType, txtDate;
    Button btnView, btnBack;
    Spinner nameSpinner;    

    final Context context = this;

    private int namesSpinnerId;        

    LikesDBAdapter likeDB = new LikesDBAdapter(this);
    DislikesDBAdapter dlikeDB = new DislikesDBAdapter(this);


    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.info);

        BuddyDBAdapter buddyDB = new BuddyDBAdapter(this);
        buddyDB.open();

        Cursor friendsCursor = buddyDB.getAllNames();
        startManagingCursor(friendsCursor); 

        String[] from = new String[]{BuddyDBAdapter.KEY_NAME};
        int[] to = new int[]{R.id.name};

        SimpleCursorAdapter friendsCursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, friendsCursor, from, to);
        friendsCursorAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        nameSpinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.nameSpinner);
        nameSpinner.setAdapter(friendsCursorAdapter);
        //buddyDB.close();


        nameSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener()
            {
                 @Override
                 public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id)
                 {
                     Cursor c = (Cursor)parent.getItemAtPosition(pos);
                     namesSpinnerId = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(BuddyDBAdapter.KEY_ROWID));
                 }

                @Override
                public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent)
                {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                }
            });
        buddyDB.close();

And, these are Spinner's layout codes in info.xml

<Spinner
        style="@style/SpinnerStyle"
        android:id="@+id/nameSpinner"        
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:prompt="@string/friends_prompt"
        android:textColor="@color/green" />

Please help me with how to set the items text color in Spinner.
I'll appreciate any help provided. Thanks.! =)

Answer 1

Use Custom ArrayAdapter or Custom Spinner.

Have you seen http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/02/20/how-to-create-custom-layout-for-your-spinner-in-android-or-customizable-spinner-2/?

Answer 2

Create a xml file for your spinner item. and put it in layout folder

spinner_view.xml:


<TextView  
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:gravity="left"  
  android:textColor="@color/green"         
/>

and finally in your code.

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.spinner_view,yourList);