Text color of a closed spinner

Question

I understand that the closed spinner is actually a View, I think. But I am guessing it has a TextView there somewhere to show the text. How do I get access to that TextView so I can change the textcolor?

EDIT: I need to change this programatically on the fly, not in the XML.

TextView v = (TextView) getView(mySpinner);  v.setTextColor(..... 

This doesnt work...

Thank you!

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Answer 1

To modify the text color create a new xml file in your res/layout folder (for example my_spinner_text.xml). Add a text view to the new xml file and modify how you want:

<TextView android:id="@+id/spinnerText"      android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"      android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"     android:textColor="#CCCCCC"      android:textSize="20dp"      xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"/> 

Create an ArrayAdapter that uses the new TextView and set it to your spinner:

    Spinner localSpinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.mySpinner);     ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,                 R.array.spinner_array,                 R.layout.my_spinner_text);     adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);     localSpinner.setAdapter(adapter); 

Answer 2

You can change the text colour or can access the textview in setOnItemSelectedListener event,

            spinnerObject.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {             @Override             public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int position, long id) {                  ((TextView)parentView.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(Color.rgb(249, 249, 249));                 }