How to customize an android spinner similar to gma

Question

I'm kind of new to android, so sorry in advance if this is a silly question. I wanted to get some guesses on how gmail (or other apps) accomplish their custom spinner title, as shown in the picture:

I am mainly interested in the "Recent" text. How do they achieve this kind of customization? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

you just need to implement popup window

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/PopupWindow.html

example with source code

http://www.androidhub4you.com/2012/07/how-to-create-popup-window-in-android.html

and also see this link

How to create a popup window in android?

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any one use full to you and enjoy coding!!!!

Answer 2

It can help you

Using the Android action bar (ActionBar) - Tutorial

Adding Drop-down Navigation