I have a problem: when I use the non-trivial type of the Spinner element, Spinner displays a drop-down list somewhere other than Spinner.
(Note: most of this description is identical to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4188443/android-doesnt-honor-selection-change-with-custom-spinner-items , but the issue I report here is slightly different. I divided them so it is clear where to send different answers)
My goal was to have a slightly more bizarre display for each element in the spinner, and so I started by creating a layout that contains several elements, one of which is the target TextView (lbl2, in this case)
Then I try to configure Spinner (my final goal is to populate the spinner programmatically, so I don't use the resources to configure it) using:
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<CharSequence>(
this, R.layout.spinner_fancy, R.id.lbl2);
adapter.add("Item #1");
adapter.add("Item #2");
adapter.add("Item #3");
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
When I run the program, it looks (mostly) good - Spinner, in fact, displays a dull-looking multi-color vertical layout of three text views for each element and correctly replaces Item # 1, Item # 2 and No. 3 for lbl2. I can even click on the counter and open a drop-down list of options.
This problem is that items are not displayed on top of the counter. Instead, they just float over the activity, a little further. We hope that this picture will help clarify: Spinner Floating Elements http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/bf9f584156.png
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