I was trying to do the same thing about 24 hours ago. I finally gave
up, and made what I wanted to coexist with the Spinner be part of the
view inside the spinner.

I could find no combination of things that allowed the layout to both
size the text to the left, and left-align the text within the spinner.
The items within the spinner are created disconnected from the view
hierarchy, and so they don't have any interaction with the parent's
layout at that point, and I couldn't figure out any way to inject the
proper interaction when they do come together.

On Mar 9, 5:42 am, mmkr <manutd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>         The default drop down view of the spinner occupies the entire
> width of the screen. I tried to create a custom spinner which occupies
> only some portion of the width of the screen, but I'm unable to do. I
> want to see the objects behind the drop down. Here is what i tried, I
> changed the drop down view as,
>
> adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
> instead of
>
> adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_it 
> em);
>
>  In the layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item.xml file I specified the
> width, but it still occupies the entire width. Can any one help. Is
> there any other view which is similar to spinner but I should be able
> to see the background objects like a alert dialog. Is it really
> possible? Please reply.
>
> Thank you.

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