How to Style the Standard React-Native Android Picker

How to style the standard react-native android picker?

It can be styled via native android. See this and this.

Add the following code to /res/values/styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
  <item name="android:spinnerItemStyle">@style/SpinnerItem</item>
  <item name="android:spinnerDropDownItemStyle">@style/SpinnerDropDownItem</item>
</style>

<style name="SpinnerItem" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
  <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
  <item name="android:textSize">18dp</item>
</style>

<style name="SpinnerDropDownItem" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColor">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">18dp</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/mydivider</item>
</style>

Create a file at res/drawable/mydivider.xml and add the following code

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <solid android:color="#29A1C9" />
    <corners android:radius="0.5dp" />
    <stroke
        android:color="#FFFFFF"
        android:width="0.1dp" />
</shape>

Before styling:

After styling:

React Native Picker Styling - ANDROID

Picker and Picker item's styling is handled natively on Android. You need to define style for Android's SpinnerItem in android/app/src/res/styles.xml see: How to style the standard react-native android picker?

I tried to test the underline but couldn't seem to find anything that worked. Here is couple of workarounds Android spinner with underline appcompat

However, I would simply use react native's components to our advantage. I'd create a new component that wraps React Native's Picker and put the picker in a View with the underline style that renders a placeholder if the Picker's value is undefined.

How to style the react-native picker using android styles.xml?

That's because you need to declare the styles inside your AppTheme

<resources>
    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="android:spinnerItemStyle">@style/SpinnerItem</item>
        <item name="android:spinnerDropDownItemStyle">@style/SpinnerDropDownItem</item>
    </style>
    <style name="SpinnerItem">
        <item name="android:textColor">#ffffff</item>
        <item name="android:background">#993399</item>
    </style>
    <style name="SpinnerDropDownItem">
        <item name="android:textColor">#ffffff</item>
        <item name="android:background">#993399</item>
    </style>
</resources>

That's it :)

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