RadioButton vs Spinner

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This is more of an opinion based question.

I'm working on an app that will give the user a choice of 2 items of which the user must choose one. Now to implement this, we have :-

RadioButtons in a RadioGroup
Spinner

For such a basic thing, I think I can should go with RadioButton but they don't look much aesthetically pleasing as much a Spinner looks but a Spinner is basically used for more than 2 items generally.

So I'm all confused as what would be better UI/UX wise.

Can someone please help me out on this one?

What are the two options? Is it an on/off thing or is it like a male/female thing? — Tamby Kojak, Apr 27 '14 at 10:31
To select a file from storage or to type the text in the `EditText` — d3m0li5h3r, Apr 27 '14 at 10:35
I think it really depends on the space you have available: less space = spinner. — Phantômaxx, Apr 27 '14 at 10:37
@tambykojak - It is know as Tabs in Android. And it is only used for Top-level views and it's not useful in my case — d3m0li5h3r, Apr 27 '14 at 11:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '14 at 10:55

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For two options, why not use a Toggle Button?

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/togglebutton.html

answered Apr 27 '14 at 10:55

edgarmiro

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