The spinner will have a list of country names and flags, when you tap on any of the item an Android toast message will appear on the screen.īy the end of this article, we will have an app that looks like this. res/layout/android_actionbar_toolbar_spinner_example_layout.Hi and welcome to another tutorial from Codingdemos, in this tutorial you will learn how create android custom spinner with images and text. res/values/styles.xml XML Layout Fileįollowing is the default content of XML layout file. You can change spinner background color, text color from styles.xml file. src/SpinnerAndroidActionBarToolBar.java Styles.xml File Java activity file will looks like below. And set adapter to the spinner menu item class. Open you java activity file, go to onCreateOptionMenu method if already have and if not then override new method called onCreateOptionMenu and link it to your spinner menu item file using getMenuInflater. res/menu/android_action_bar_spinner_menu.xml Java Activity File Related: Android Material Design Spinner DropDown Example Android Custom Vertical Dropdown Icons Menu Android Toolbar Example: How to Use Toolbar as ActionBar Android Example: How to Implement Spinner in ActionBar/Toolbarįirst, you have to create an xml file in res/menu/ folder and add a menu item with id, name, actionViewClass. Here, I am going to show with one of the best and easiest ways. Spinner can be added to android actionbar/toolbar with many ways. Adding spinner to app bar/ toolbar is very simple, you just need to create a XML file in res/menu/ folder and add a item like your over flow menu and spinner widget as item actionViewClass, rest in your java code. In this tutorial, you will learn to implement spinner/dropdown menu to android actionbar.

We can add many things in android action bar like tabs, overflow/dropdown menu, app icon, navigation drawer, menu items icon, search box, spinner etc. ActionBar is one of the most important UI elements in android application. ActionBar is also known as app bar, now it is also called toolbar.

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