Change Text Color of Selected Item in Spinner

Change text color of selected item in spinner

drawable/mybg:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_activated="true">
        <color android:color="@color/black" />
    </item>
</layer-list>

This will change the selected item color in the popup.

Change text color to selected item on Android Spinner

    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
       public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) { 
     ((TextView)parent.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF")); 
        }   

      public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView) {
       return;
       } 
 }); 

Change the TEXT (not background) color of a spinner when an item is selected

if the user selects an option (causing it to become what is displayed
on top), I would like that text to become red.

So you most likely created OnItemSelectedListener() for your Spinner. So in onItemSelected() method you can simply change text color.

Pseudocode:

public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
   TextView selectedText = (TextView) parent.getChildAt(0);
   if (selectedText != null) {
      selectedText.setTextColor(Color.RED);
   }
}

Hope it helps.

How to change the color of the selected item of a spinner

You have to try like this

public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
   TextView selectedText = (TextView) parent.getChildAt(0);
   if (selectedText != null) {
      selectedText.setTextColor(Color.RED);
   }
}

How to set the selected item color in the spinner?

You need to create a custom spinner layout to achieve what you want.

check out these questions, they have the answers you want:

How to customize a Spinner in Android

Android: Custom Spinner Layout

The idea is to create a layout for your row, and set it when creating a spinner with its adapter in code.

android change text color of items in spinner

I figured out that to make this work you have to override the getDropDownView when setting up the ArrayAdapter in the main activity.

public class main extends Activity {  
     @Override 
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);   
        setContentView(R.layout.main);  

        PatchedSpinner pSpinner = (PatchedSpinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner2); 
        ArrayList<String> testarray = new ArrayList<String>();
        testarray.add("item0");
        testarray.add("item1");
        testarray.add("item2");
        testarray.add("item3");
        ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, testarray) {

           @Override      
           public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
               return position != 1;                             
           }

           @Override                
           public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() {
               return false;
           }

           @Override
           public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
               View v = convertView;
               if (v == null) {
                   Context mContext = this.getContext();
                   LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                   v = vi.inflate(R.layout.row, null);
               }

               TextView tv = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.spinnerTarget);
               tv.setText(testarray.get(position));

               switch (position) {
                   case 0:
                       tv.setTextColor(Color.RED);  
                       break; 
                   case 1:
                       tv.setTextColor(Color.BLUE);
                       break;
                   default:
                       tv.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
                       break;
               }
               return v;  
           }              
        };

        pSpinner.setAdapter(spinnerAdapter); 
} 

The layout that is being inflated is a custom layout called row.xml. it is used to set the display for the dropdown view.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/spinnerTarget"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14pt" />

Android Change Text Color of Spinner (displayed text - not items in spinner)

public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) { 
    int index = adapterView.getSelectedItemPosition();
    ((TextView) spinner.getSelectedView()).setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));
}

Android : Change the text color of a spinner item inside the dropdown list

You can reach this goal setting up an adapter. You should create a custom adapter showing your items in a simple way.

this is the official reference for adapters. You can refer to this for any method or variable.

this SO link has the solution.

So what you have to do is:

• Create a custom adapter
• Create the layout and the java code for the adapter (you can easily find on google thousands of examples
• Add the code from this (you will need to customize it for your needs.

ADAPTER

 class HighLightArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> {
    private int mSelectedIndex = -1;

    public void setSelection(int position) {
        mSelectedIndex =  position;
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    public HighLightArrayAdapter(Context context, int resource, CharSequence[] objects) {
        super(context, resource, objects);
    }

    @Override
    public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View itemView =  super.getDropDownView(position, convertView, parent);

        if (position == mSelectedIndex) {
            itemView.setBackgroundColor(Color.rgb(56,184,226));
        } else {
            itemView.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
        }

        return itemView;
    }
} 

PS:

Since the setSelection method is not native, you need to call it from the OnItemSelectedListener in the activity.

Hope this helps.

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