Android: how to give alternate colors to the spinner items

Question

I have a spinner with the items as below

ArrayAdapter<Message> arrayadapter = new ArrayAdapter<Message>(activity, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, messages);
                arrayadapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.textview);

i want to give altenate colors to the listitems.how can i do that.Any help is appreciated

You need to create a `CustomDialog` having `ListView` inside which acts like a Spinner. — Chintan Rathod, Feb 25 '13 at 10:01
You need to create a custom Adapter and override the getView() method instead of ArrayAdapter — Pragnani, Feb 25 '13 at 10:10
Do you know how to create a ListView with CustomAdapter? and Custom Dialog? — Chintan Rathod, Feb 25 '13 at 10:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '13 at 10:24

You can use

ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter =
    new ArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.simple_spinner_item, myList) {
    @Override
    public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View view = super.getDropDownView(position, convertView, parent);
        if (position % 2 == 0) { // we're on an even row
           view.setBackgroundColor(evenColor);
        } else {
           view.setBackgroundColor(oddColor);
        }
       return view;
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Here are links which might be useful to create a custom spinner of your choice.

1) http://adanware.blogspot.in/2012/03/android-custom-spinner-with-custom.html
2) http://www.edureka.in/blog/custom-spinner-in-android/
3) Android Spinner with different layouts for "drop down state" and "closed state"?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Feb 25 '13 at 10:35

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 10:37

Hi You can use the following code

 @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); 
}

Have a look of this link too. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4294111/changing-background-color-for-items-of-spinner — itsrajesh4uguys, Feb 25 '13 at 10:38

Android: how to give alternate colors to the spinner items

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