By default the spinner width is set to fit the largest item in the dropdown but I want it to be the same width as the selected item.
<android.widget.Spinner
android:id="@+id/tab_spinner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:entries="@array/countries" />
As you can see in the right side image, the spinner is way too long, because of the long item in the list.
How can I resize it to the selected item width ?
By default, Spinner
will try to measure some of your dropdown views and use the max width found. This happens in Spinner#measureContentWidth()
, a protected
method of Spinner
called in Spinner#onMeasure()
.
One way to solve the issue is to make sure your SpinnerAdapter#getView()
method always uses Spinner#getSelectedItemPosition()
for its position
argument.
I can think of two possible solutions:
- Creating a custom spinner with a wrapper adapter (I prefer this solution)
- Or adapting your custom adapter
1. Creating a custom spinner with a wrapper adapter
Make sure to use this in your xml
layout, instead of a normal <Spinner>
.
Be careful that DynamicWidthSpinner#getAdapter()
will return a WrapperSpinnerAdapter
; use its getBaseAdapter()
method to access to your adapter.
public class DynamicWidthSpinner extends Spinner {
public DynamicWidthSpinner(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public DynamicWidthSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public DynamicWidthSpinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
}
public void setAdapter(SpinnerAdapter adapter) {
super.setAdapter(adapter != null ? new WrapperSpinnerAdapter(adapter) : null);
}
public final class WrapperSpinnerAdapter implements SpinnerAdapter {
private final SpinnerAdapter mBaseAdapter;
public WrapperSpinnerAdapter(SpinnerAdapter baseAdapter) {
mBaseAdapter = baseAdapter;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
return mBaseAdapter.getView(getSelectedItemPosition(), convertView, parent);
}
public final SpinnerAdapter getBaseAdapter() {
return mBaseAdapter;
}
public int getCount() {
return mBaseAdapter.getCount();
}
public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
return mBaseAdapter.getDropDownView(position, convertView, parent);
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return mBaseAdapter.getItem(position);
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return mBaseAdapter.getItemId(position);
}
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return mBaseAdapter.getItemViewType(position);
}
public int getViewTypeCount() {
return mBaseAdapter.getViewTypeCount();
}
public boolean hasStableIds() {
return mBaseAdapter.hasStableIds();
}
public boolean isEmpty() {
return mBaseAdapter.isEmpty();
}
public void registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
mBaseAdapter.registerDataSetObserver(observer);
}
public void unregisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
mBaseAdapter.unregisterDataSetObserver(observer);
}
}
}
2. Adapting your custom adapter
Be careful that parent
in getView()
might not always be a Spinner
.
private class SimpleSpinnerAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private LayoutInflater mInflater;
private int mResource;
public SimpleSpinnerAdapter(Context context, int resource) {
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
mResource = resource;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
return createViewFromResource(
mInflater,
((Spinner) parent).getSelectedItemPosition(),
convertView,
parent,
mResource);
}
@Override
public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
return createViewFromResource(
mInflater,
position,
convertView,
parent,
mResource);
}
protected View createViewFromResource(LayoutInflater inflater, int position,
View convertView, ViewGroup parent,
int resource) {
View view;
if (convertView == null) {
view = inflater.inflate(resource, parent, false);
} else {
view = convertView;
}
bindView(position, view);
return view;
}
protected void bindView(int position, View view) {
// Bind your view.
}
// getCount(), getItem(), and getItemId() methods.
}
ViewGroup.LayoutParams spinnerLayoutParams = spinner.getLayoutParams();
spinnerLayoutParams.width -= 1;
spinner.setLayoutParams(spinnerLayoutParams);
Do this is on item selected
Setting the spinners XML to:
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
worked for me.