How to change the color of the spinner NOT the dropdown items?

Issue

I have added a Spinner with a custom listadapter which uses this layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:textColor="@drawable/default_spinner_item_text"
    android:text="Sample Text"
    android:textSize="20dp"
    android:paddingBottom="7.5dp"
    android:background="@drawable/default_spinner_item"
    android:paddingTop="7.5dp">

</TextView>

Drawable default_spinner_item:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/default_button_text_color" />


    <item android:state_checked="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <item android:state_single="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <item android:state_active="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <item android:state_first="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" />
    <item android:state_selected="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" />


    <item android:drawable="@color/default_button_border_color" />
</selector>

The spinner allways gets the same color as the dropdown items...

I have tried all the states but it seams impossible to make the spinner item background transparent and the dropdown list colored (default_button_border_color).

@Solved

This is my Adapter:

public class CustomSpinnerAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {

    private int _resource;
    private Typeface _typeFace;

    public CustomSpinnerAdapter(MainActivity context, int resource, List<String> items) {
        super(context, resource, items);
        _resource = resource;
        _typeFace = context.getDefaultAppTypeFace();
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        TextView view = (TextView)super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
        if(convertView == null)
           view.setTypeface(_typeFace);
        }
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public TextView getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        TextView view = (TextView) super.getDropDownView(position, convertView, parent);
        if(convertView == null)
           view.setTypeface(_typeFace);
        }
        return view;
    }
}

I now use two layouts, one for the view and one for the dropdownview. Another error in my code was that I called super.getView(position, convertView, parent); in the getDropDownView ovverride.

Solution

just make two layout with desired color and set it like following:

ArrayAdapter<yourObjecttype> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<yourObjecttype(this,R.layout.simple_spinner_item, list);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.dropdown_layout);

Answered By - Avinash Kumar Pankaj