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Android Spinner arrow closer?

Can I move the arrow somewhat closer to the text, in a easy way? Don't really understand the purpose of this as default when its transparent.
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_months"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

I have answered a similar question here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42596698/1260126
This can be achieved by creating a custom layout for the selected spinner item custom_spinner_item.xml. I have added a TextView which displays the currently selected spinner item. The arrow icon is added in an ImageView. You can use any icon. The arrow icon moves depending on the length of the text. In fact you can completely modify the look of your spinner in this layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/spinner_item_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_arrow_down"/>
</LinearLayout>
Create a custom spinner adapter and inflate the above view. Also set the text of your selected spinner item from your list by overriding the default getView() method.
public class CustomSpinnerAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
LayoutInflater inflater;
List<String> spinnerItems;
public CustomSpinnerAdapter(Context applicationContext, int resource, List<String> spinnerItems) {
super(applicationContext, resource, spinnerItems);
this.spinnerItems = spinnerItems;
inflater = (LayoutInflater.from(applicationContext));
}
#Override
public View getView(int i, View view, ViewGroup viewGroup) {
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_spinner_item, null);
TextView type = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.spinner_item_text);
type.setText(spinnerItems.get(i));
return view;
}
}
Then instantiate the CustomSpinnerAdapter class and set it as your spinner's adapter. spinnerList is the list of items to be shown in the spinner.
CustomSpinnerAdapter customSpinnerAdapter = new CustomSpinnerAdapter(getContext(), android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, spinnerList);
spinner.setAdapter(customSpinnerAdapter);

ListView - differentiate between a checkbox selection and a text selection

Given the ListView below, I wanted to perform two different actions depending on whether the user selects the text (create a new activity) or clicks the associated checkbox (add it to a favorites list). Is this possible in with this setup or will I have to use a custom adapter or even a different layout?
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, teams));
getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
getListView().setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
String team_name = adapterView.getItemAtPosition(i).toString().trim();
Intent intent = new Intent("blah.blah.blah");
intent.putExtra("team", team_name);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
A

If I am understanding you correctly, your ListView should contain TextBox and CheckBox and TextBox and CheckBox are clickable, not ListView itself.
For this you have to make custom adapter, where you will make listeners for both the TextBox and CheckBox.
public class CustomAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
// your_costum_view should contain textbox and checkboc
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_costum_view, null);
// Get your checkbox and textbox and add listeners
TextView textView = (TextView) view.findById(R.id.textView);
textView.setOnClickListener...
Checkbox checkbox=(CheckBox)view.findById(R.id.checkBox);
checkBox.setOnClickListener...
return view;
}
}
your_costum_view layout example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/checkBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Using a custom adapter will help you keep trace of your views, it will be easier than use a default adapter that you can't control. For references: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidListView/article.html#adapterown_custom

Using a custom adapter will definitely make your life easier. In the adapter you can make reference to both the checkbox and the textView and add an onClick Listener to each - from there you can also add code to handle each event. I would also suggest using a recyclerView instead of a ListView. It is the new thing in Android 5.0 and it really is easier to use then a regular ListView. Hope this helps:
RecyclerView Help

Set the CheckBox as focusable="false" in your XML layout.
android:focusable="false"
if don't run go to this link and see example because you need a create custom row in list view and set:
Checkbox checkbox=(CheckBox)view.findById(R.id.checkboxID);
checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
//do stuff
}
});

ArrayAdapter requires ID to be a TextView error

I am trying to create a nice layout for my list items, but my code only works when it is simplified like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp" >
</TextView>
When I add a little bit more it compiles and runs but it force closes on start and gives me the error ArrayAdapter requires ID to be a TextView:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:padding="6dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/icon1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/secondLine"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="26dip"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/icon1"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Some more information" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/secondLine"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignWithParentIfMissing="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/icon1"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="Some Information" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/icon2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
and
public class FirstLoginActivity extends ListActivity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
String[] testcontacts = getResources().getStringArray(
R.array.testcontacts_array);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_items,
testcontacts));
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
((TextView) view).getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
I am pretty sure I'm doing this right, I've been through numerous tutorials and I've found that the fastest and most efficient way is to create a static ViewHolder class. One of the tutorials tried accessing the data directly which is what I was trying to do. I'm still a little confused on how to do so.
public class FirstLoginActivity extends ListActivity {
Context mContext;
List mList;
String[] testcontacts = getResources().getStringArray(
R.array.testcontacts_array);
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_items,
testcontacts));
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
((TextView) view).getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
public View getView(int position, View convertview, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder holder;
View v = convertview;
if (v == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) LayoutInflater
.from(mContext);
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_items, null);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.firstLine = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.firstLine);
holder.secondLine = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.secondLine);
holder.icon1 = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.icon1);
holder.icon2 = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.icon2);
v.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) v.getTag();
}
holder.firstLine.setText(testcontacts[position]);
holder.secondLine.setText(testcontacts[position]);
// holder.icon1.setImageBitmap((position & 1) == 1 ? mIcon1: mIcon2);
//call the images directly?
return v;
}
static class ViewHolder {
TextView firstLine;
TextView secondLine;
ImageView icon1;
ImageView icon2;
}
}

You are probably using something like this (here the doc):
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.layout_1, values);
in that case your layout must be a simple layout with a TextView.
If you wanna use your own layout you need to write a custom adapter.

Build your own ArrayAdapter, then you can make the layout work however you would like.

The ArrayAdapter requires the resource ID to be a TextView XML exception means you don't supply what the ArrayAdapter expects. When you use this constructor:
new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.a_layout_file, this.file)
R.Layout.a_layout_file must be the id of a xml layout file containing only a TextView(the TextView can't be wrapped by another layout, like a LinearLayout, RelativeLayout etc!), something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
// other attributes of the TextView
/>
If you want your list row layout to be something a little different then a simple TextView widget use this constructor:
new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.a_layout_file,
R.id.the_id_of_a_textview_from_the_layout, this.file)
where you supply the id of a layout that can contain various views, but also must contain a TextView with and id(the third parameter) that you pass to your ArrayAdapter so it can know where to put the Strings in the row layout.

You seem to be on the right lines. I'm not sure the exact issue with your code as I've not compared closely, but it works in this example.
The full tutorial is here: Android tutorial for beginners - 97 - ListView with Custom Layout
This avoids the error ArrayAdapter requires ID to be a TextView which I was also getting.

onItemClickListener not firing on custom ArrayAdapter

I have an Activity that retrieves data from a web service. This data is presented in a ListView via an ArrayAdapter which inflates a RelativeLayout with three TextViews inside, nothing fancy and it work fine.
Now I want to implement a Details Activity that should be called when a user clicks an item in the ListView, sounds easy but I can't for the life of me get the onItemClickListener to work on my ArrayAdapter.
This is my main Activity:
public class Schema extends Activity {
private ArrayList<Lesson> lessons = new ArrayList<Lesson>();
private static final String TAG = "Schema";
ListView lstLessons;
Integer lessonId;
// called when the activity is first created.
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// can we use the custom titlebar?
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
// set the view
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// set the title
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.titlebar);
// listview called lstLessons
lstLessons = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.lstLessons);
// load the schema
new loadSchema().execute();
// set the click listeners
lstLessons.setOnItemClickListener(selectLesson);
}// onCreate
// declare an OnItemClickListener for the AdapterArray (this doesn't work)
private OnItemClickListener selectLesson = new OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int i, long l) {
Log.v(TAG, "onItemClick fired!");
}
};
private class loadSchema extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
private ProgressDialog progressDialog;
// ui calling possible
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(Schema.this,"", "Please wait...", true);
}
// no ui from this one
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
// get some JSON, this works fine
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
// apply to list adapter
lstLessons.setAdapter(new LessonListAdapter(Schema.this, R.layout.list_item, lessons));
}
My ArrayAdapter code:
// custom ArrayAdapter for Lessons
private class LessonListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Lesson> {
private ArrayList<Lesson> lessons;
public LessonListAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, ArrayList<Lesson> items) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
this.lessons = items;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View v = convertView;
if (v == null) {
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
v = vi.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
}
Lesson o = lessons.get(position);
TextView tt = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.titletext);
TextView bt = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.timestarttext);
TextView rt = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.roomtext);
v.setClickable(true);
v.setFocusable(true);
tt.setText(o.title);
bt.setText(o.fmt_time_start);
rt.setText(o.room);
return v;
}
}// LessonListAdapter
The main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/main"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
>
<!-- student name -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/schema_view_student"
android:text="Name" android:padding="4dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
style="#style/schema_view_student"
/>
<!-- date for schema -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/schema_view_title"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="0dip"
style="#style/schema_view_day"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:layout_below="#+id/schema_view_student"
android:text="Date" android:padding="6dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
/>
<!-- horizontal line -->
<View
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#55000000"
android:layout_below="#+id/schema_view_title"
/>
<!-- list of lessons -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lstLessons"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/schema_view_title"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
The list_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="60px"
android:padding="12dip">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/timestarttext"
android:text="09:45"
style="#style/LessonTimeStartText"
android:layout_width="60dip"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="center_vertical|right" android:paddingRight="6dip"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/titletext"
android:text="Test"
style="#style/LessonTitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/timestarttext"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/roomtext"
android:text="123"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
style="#style/LessonRoomText"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical" />
</RelativeLayout>
Been messing with this for the last couple of hours and I can't seem to get my head around what the problem is. My problem looks very similar to this question, but I'm not extending ListActivity, so I still don't know where my onListClickItem() should go.
UPDATE: Now I've puzzled with this for several days and still can't find the issue.
Should I rewrite the activity, this time extending ListActivity instead of Activity? Because it provides the onItemClick method itself and is probably easier to overwrite.
Or, should I bind a listener directly in each getView() in my ArrayAdapter? I believe I have read this is bad practice (I should do as I tried and failed in my post).

Found the bug - it seems to be this issue. Adding android:focusable="false" to each of the list_item.xml elements solved the issue, and the onclick is now triggered with the original code.

I've encountered the same issue and tried your fix but couldn't get it to work. What worked for me was adding android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" to the <RelativeLayout> from the item layout xml, list_item.xml in your case. This allows onItemClick() to be called.

What worked for me :
1) Adding android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" to Relative Layout tag.
The result is shown below :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" >
2) Adding android:focusable="false" to every element in in list_item.xml
example :
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView"
android:focusable="false" />

Once I had a similar problem. Every list item had a text view and a checkbox, and just because the checkbox, the whole listitem wasn't 'enabled' to fire the event. I solved it by making a little trick inside the adapter when I was getting the view.
Just before returning the view I put:
v.setOnClickListener(listener);
(The object listener is an onItemClickListener I gave to the Adapter's constructor).
But I have to tell you, the problem is because the platform, it is a bug.

I had the same problem and I tried to solve it by adding
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
to my item.xml but it still doesn't work !!! Infact I found the issue in the relative layout witch contains
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" android:focusable="true"
And when I removed it All things is ok

protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
progressDialog.dismiss(); stLessons.setAdapter(new LessonListAdapter(Schema.this, R.layout.list_item, lessons));
//add this
ListView lv = getListView(); lv.setOnItemClickListener(new ListView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> a, View v, int i, long l) {
//do stuff
}
});
}

How to change the Spinner font color?

I'm having an issue with the Droid X phones where users say that the font color turns out to be white in the spinner, making it invisible unless the users highlight the items. No other phones seem to have this problem. I was going to try to force the font to be black to see if that helps. How can I do that?
Here's how I'm currently populating the spinner. It seems like the simple_spinner_item is broken on Droid X's.
String spin_arry[] = new String[str_vec.size()];
str_vec.copyInto(spin_arry);
ArrayAdapter adapter =
new ArrayAdapter(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, spin_arry);

I'm going to use Spinner project sample from Android SDK for next code examples.
Code:
First, you need to create you custom adapter which will intercept the creation of views in drop down list:
static class CustomArrayAdapter<T> extends ArrayAdapter<T>
{
public CustomArrayAdapter(Context ctx, T [] objects)
{
super(ctx, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, objects);
}
//other constructors
#Override
public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
//we know that simple_spinner_item has android.R.id.text1 TextView:
/* if(isDroidX) {*/
TextView text = (TextView)view.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
text.setTextColor(Color.RED);//choose your color :)
/*}*/
return view;
}
}
Then you create adapter in your code like this:
String [] spin_arry = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Planets);
this.mAdapter = new CustomArrayAdapter<CharSequence>(this, spin_arry);
Explanation:
Because CustomArrayAdapter knows that we use android's built-in layout resource, it also knows that text will be placed in TextView with id android.R.id.text1. That's why it can intercept the creation of views in drop down list and change text color to whatever color is needed.
Screenshot:

Simple and Crisp ...
private OnItemSelectedListener OnCatSpinnerCL = new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos,
long id) {
((TextView) parent.getChildAt(0)).setTextColor(Color.BLUE);
((TextView) parent.getChildAt(0)).setTextSize(5);
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
};

write a R.layout.simplespinneritem：
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/text1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
The ID is android:id="#android:id/text1", set the color of font and background.
ArrayAdapter adapter =
new ArrayAdapter(this,packagename.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, spin_arry);

public class ee extends Activity{
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.ww);
addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection();
}
public void addListenerOnSpinnerItemSelection(){
ArrayList<String> array = new ArrayList<String>();
array.add("item0");
Spinner spinner1;
ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;
spinner1= (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
spinner1= new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.spinner_item, array);
spinner1.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
}
and in xml res/layout add new xml file: type layout, spinner
(in spinner_item.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="top"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#00f0ff" />

To add to sasad's reply, make a copy of that file, which you can find in your Android folder, in your project, change the text color of the TextView in that file, and use that layout while initializing the Adapter instead of android's.

You could try this approach too wherein you add 2 new Layout Resource Files
Custom_spinner_list_item
Custom_spinner_dropdown_item
and use them in the code .
String spin_arry[] = new String[str_vec.size()];
str_vec.copyInto(spin_arry);
ArrayAdapter adapter =
new ArrayAdapter(this,R.layout.custom_simple_spinner_item, spin_arry);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.custom_spinner_dropdown_item);
custom_spinner_list_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text1"
style="?attr/spinnerDropDownItemStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:fontFamily="#font/roman"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textAlignment="inherit"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="14sp">
</TextView>
custom_spinner_dropdown_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text1"
style="?attr/spinnerDropDownItemStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/dropdownListPreferredItemHeight"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:fontFamily="#font/roman"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textAlignment="textStart"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="14sp">
</TextView>
Happy Coding !! :)

make your own layout xml file, and give a android:textColor="#000" for black text

Here is more appropriate way guys,
First find the "simple_spinner_item.xml" file in your system,
Follow the below path,
C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platforms[android-23]\data\res\layout
Now copy the content of "simple_spinner_item.xml" file
Second create the custom_spinner.xml file in your project res\layout folder
and paste the copied content in recently created file
Here is the sample:
res\layout\custom_spinner.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView android:textAlignment="inherit"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/dark_gray"
style="?android:attr/spinnerItemStyle"
android:id="#android:id/text1" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"/>
Here is the set adapter code:
Spinner ddlArea = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.ddlArea);
ddlArea.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.custom_spinner, areaList));
Where areaList is the List
Thanks,
Ejaz Waquif