How to create a spinner with image buttons?

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I wanted to create a drop down menu on clicking an image button.Do i need to create a spinner for this?Could you please tell me how to create a drop down menu using spinner?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 07:10

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Add this attribute in the button in the xml file

 android:background="@android:drawable/btn_dropdown"

and you get a drop down image in the button and in the click of the button you can perform your operation

answered Nov 05 '13 at 07:10

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '13 at 06:37

USE BELOW GIVEN CODE IN YOUR PROJECT :

You need to take one button and set any image as its background.Then on click of the button call Spinner.performClick() to open the spinner.

Below is code to implement the same thing. In xml file:

 <Button
    android:id="@+id/font"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
    android:layout_weight="0.5"
    android:background="@drawable/textsel" /> 

 <Spinner
    android:id="@+id/spin"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
    android:layout_weight="0.5"
    android:dropDownHorizontalOffset="0dp"
    android:dropDownVerticalOffset="20dp"
    android:dropDownWidth="500dp"
    android:paddingTop="2sp"
    android:spinnerMode="dropdown" >
</Spinner>

In Java class:

  Spinner spin = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spin);

  Button typetext = (Button) findViewById(R.id.font);      


  typetext.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        spin.performClick();

    }
});

You can ask if you have any further queries!

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Here is an example of creating custom spinner. Also you can open an AlertDialog with with single choice selection. It is similar to drop down menu here is an example.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Nov 05 '13 at 06:52

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How to design an image button in such a way that when i click the image button it as to list some info? – Dharni Nov 05 '13 at 07:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 07:23

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Better use list view , making it look like a drop down.

answered Nov 05 '13 at 07:23

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How to create a spinner with image buttons?

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