Text Size of a Spinner.

Question

How can I decrease the font size of my spinner? I have reduced the spinner size to 35 pix because of which my text gets cut in half.

How do i do that? Also I dont want anything to be selected beforehand.

Default text should be "select some value".

Answer 1

after some tests, there is an easier way than subclassing ArrayAdapter. Change the

ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.planets_array,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);//this is from the tutorial, adapt with your line

to this line :

ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.planets_array, R.layout.textview);

You just have to change the design of the TextView you use of the Spinner. I just tried with this, as the layout of the textview.xml :

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:text="@+id/TextView01" android:id="@+id/TextView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="30sp"></TextView>