how to remove text that appears on a spinner control in android?

Issue

By default there is a text that comes up on a spinner control... .this text is the first value in the array that i have associated with the adapter for the spinner.

Upon selection this text changes to the value that i have selected.

I want to remove this text that appears on the spinner control. How do I go about it?

Solution

add new class

public class MySpinner extends Spinner {

    private Context _context;

    public MySpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        _context = context;
    }

    public MySpinner(Context context) {
        super(context);
        _context = context;
    }

    public MySpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context);
        _context = context;
    }

    @Override
    public View getChildAt(int index) {
        View v = new View(_context);
        return v;
    }

}

in your layout

<[package].MySpinner android:id="@+id/Spinner01"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Answered By - George