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Changing Spinner Background Generates Dark Colored Border

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Using a simple spinner. When I scroll the spinner the shadow around spinner dropdown starts growing darker in color. I managed to fix the issue but I will appreciate if someone co

Solution 1:

fixed: for Api below 21

style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.DropDown"

if working on api 21 and above 

android:popupTheme="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.DropDown"

Solution 2:

As of July 2016, the shadowing issue is still present when android:popupBackground is used to specify a color (eg: White)

Google has provided a fix for this for Android 6.0 and above via android:popupTheme but that is not applicable for < 6.0

Detailed explanation : How do I set a different theme for a Spinner's dropdown?

Working Solution (Android < 6.0) - Creating a shape and using it as background : Spinner graphical bug API 21

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