Android limit the no of items displayed in a spinner’s dropdown list

I was looking at the Spinner source code and it seems like you can’t do that with a spinner.

The Spinner has its own private interface called SpinnerPopup which defines how dropdown items can be shown. This is currently based on the spinnerMode allowing for a dropdown or dialog list.

Both options are also implemented inside the Spinner class as private classes: DialogPopup and DropdownPopup. Since you can’t access them, it seems to me your only options at this point are:

1. Implement your own custom spinner based on other widgets such as in this example.
2. Copy the code from the Spinner class which seems pretty self-contained and implement your version of a spinner with it, modifying whatever you like in it.

I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

Good luck!

EDIT:

If you choose option 2, I think all you need to do is add your mode implementing the SpinnerPopup interface. Then inside the constructor Spinner(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle, int mode) add another case to the switch checking for the modes to instantiate your own popup. Doesn’t seem hard.