Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it (although I probably won't be able to verify easily -- can't get more feedback from the user in question).
Cheers, Michael. On Jan 17, 7:54 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > In theory, this shouldn't affect spinners. > > In practice, you've got a user complaint, and something *is* going on. > > I would try taking out the theme setting for a one-off build, and ask that > user to try it out. > > Given that I don't have a Droid X, that's the only thing that comes to my > mind :) > > PS - Theme.NoTitleBar already sets android:windowNoTitle to "true", so you > can just use that directly... > > -- Kostya > > 2011/1/17 michael <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi again, > > > I am using a custom theme for my entire application through the > > android:theme xml attribute in the Manifest file: > > > <application android:theme="@style/CustomActivityTheme" ...> > > > But it has very minimal content and does not include the button styles > > -- these are set manually when needed. Here is the content of the > > themes.xml file which defines the relevant minimal theme: > > > <resources> > > <style name="CustomActivityTheme" parent="@android:style/ > > Theme.NoTitleBar"> > > <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> > > </style> > > </resources> > > > Could this have any effect on spinners? > > > /Michael. > > > On Jan 17, 7:32 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Are you using a custom theme for your entire application's activities to > > > customize buttons? Are you using a theme at all? > > > > 2011/1/17 michael <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi again, > > > > > Thanks for your suggestion Kostya. But my spinner does not use any > > > > custom styling whatsoever. It is shown in a dialog which is built > > > > using AlertBuilder. The only custom styling in the app is for buttons, > > > > which I don't think should have any effect on spinners. > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > Incidentally, about 6% of the sessions in my app come from Droid X > > > > users, so I would be surprised if they all experienced this problem (I > > > > have only received this complaint from a single user). > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Michael. > > > > > On Jan 17, 7:07 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't have one either, but I've seen screenshots of my program on > > that > > > > > device, done by someone for a review. > > > > > > See the top-left corner of the screenshot in section 8: > > >http://www.simplehelp.net/2010/11/30/how-to-manage-your-android-wifi-... > > > > > > The spinners in that screenshot use my own backgrounds, which are > > light, > > > > and > > > > > work with the default text color from Theme.Light, which is dark. But > > on > > > > the > > > > > X, the text color is light - I guess their customized spinner > > backgrounds > > > > > are dark. > > > > > > What I'm getting at is - does your spinner use any kind of custom (= > > > > > supplied in your application) drawable, layout, or color? > > > > > > -- Kostya > > > > > > 2011/1/17 michael <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Hi Kumar and Kostya, thanks for your quick replies. > > > > > > > Kumar, I did wonder if text colour could be an issue, but surely > > the > > > > > > standard styling should work consistently throughout all devices > > and > > > > > > OS versions, right? Note that I have not set a custom text colour. > > > > > > > Kostya, this is indeed on Droid X -- do you have any insights for > > > > > > that? I don't know which Android OS version (the user has not > > replied > > > > > > to my requests for this info). I also don't have a Droid X > > available > > > > > > so can't reproduce. > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Michael. > > > > > > > On Jan 17, 6:41 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is this on the Droid X ? > > > > > > > > 2011/1/17 Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Well, it's just a problem of wrong text color on a custom UI > > from > > > > the > > > > > > > > manufacturer. Ask the user for the model of his phone and the > > OS > > > > > > version. I > > > > > > > > am sure, you can reproduce the problem on a similar device. > > > > > > > > > Say, for example, your spinner items text color is black, which > > you > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > mentioned, and the default spinner layout that the custom UI > > uses > > > > has a > > > > > > > > black background, do you see the problem? > > > > > > > > > Kumar Bibek > > > > > > > >http://techdroid.kbeanie.com > > > > > > > >http://www.kbeanie.com > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM, michael < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Hello, > > > > > > > > >> One of my users has reported a mysterious behaviour with a > > spinner > > > > > > > >> which I so far have been unable to reproduce. When pressing > > the > > > > > > > >> spinner, a list of blank (empty) items appears. Only when > > > > selecting an > > > > > > > >> item does the spinner display the relevant text associated > > with > > > > the > > > > > > > >> item. The number of blank lines correctly corresponds to the > > > > expected > > > > > > > >> number of items in the spinner. > > > > > > > > >> Here is the code I use for populating the spinner, which is > > > > executed > > > > > > > >> in the onPostExecute method of an AsyncTask: > > > > > > > > >> String[] spinnerArray = new String[]{...}; // array contents > > > > omitted. > > > > > > > >> ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(ctx, > > > > > > > >> android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, spinnerArray); > > > > > > > >> spinner.setAdapter(adapter); > > > > > > > >> spinner.setSelection(0); > > > > > > > > >> This is pretty standard as far as I can tell. > > > > > > > > >> Has anybody encountered behaviour similar to what is described > > > > above? > > > > > > > >> Any idea what might be going wrong? > > > > > > > > >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > >> Best, > > > > > > > >> Michael. > > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > > > > > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > > >> [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > > >> [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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