Thursday, August 13, 2015

How to set Spinner item text align right in Android

activity_main.xml 

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="#effbe4"
    >
    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />
</RelativeLayout>
spinner_item.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:textAlignment="gravity"
    android:gravity="right"
    />
MainActivity.java 

package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Get reference of widgets from XML layout
        Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);

        // Initializing a String Array
        String[] plants = new String[]{
                "Black birch",
                "Bolean birch",
                "Canoe birch",
                "Cherry birch",
                "European weeping birch"
        };

        // Initializing an ArrayAdapter
        ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this,R.layout.spinner_item,plants
        );
        spinnerArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.spinner_item);
        spinner.setAdapter(spinnerArrayAdapter);
   }
}
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