Creating a setError() for the Spinner

Question

How do you create the setError() (similar to that of a TextView/EditText) function for a Spinner? The following doesn't work:

I tried extending the Spinner class and in the constructor:

ArrayAdapter<String> aa = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getContext(),
                    android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, android.R.id.text1,
                    items);
            aa
                    .setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
            setAdapter(aa);
             tv = (TextView) findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
            // types_layout_list_tv

            ctv = (CheckedTextView) aa.getDropDownView(1, null, null);
            tv2 = (TextView) aa.getView(1, null, null);

setError():

public void setError(String str) {
        if (tv != null)
            tv.setError(str);
        if(tv2!=null)
            tv2.setError(str);
        if (ctv != null)
            ctv.setError(str);
    }