Select long text in spinner then create space

Ali :

when i select long text in my spinner then its create space between textView and spinner

see my default spinner :

after selecting a long text it's look like below shot:

below is xml code :

<TextView
                    style="@style/TextLabelBookGray"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:text="@string/hint_state"
                    android:textSize="@dimen/_14ssp"
                    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/_2sdp"
                    android:visibility="visible" />

                <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatSpinner
                    android:id="@+id/spStates"
                    style="@style/TextLabelBookBlack"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                    android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/_4sdp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_4sdp"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:entries="@array/us_states"
                    />

below code is style.xml:

<style name="TextLabelBookGray" parent="FontBook">
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/_14ssp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/input_color_gray</item>

any one have any idea how to i fix it

Thanks in advance :

Zayid Mohammed :

The thing is that your textView and spinner shares 50% and 50% of parent view. Better you set weightSum to parent view and allocate more width to spinner. Then you can have one line text in spinner.

<LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:weightSum="10">

            <TextView
                style="@style/TextLabelBookGray"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:layout_weight="2.5"
                android:text="@string/hint_state"
                android:textSize="@dimen/_14ssp"
                android:paddingLeft="@dimen/_2sdp"
                android:visibility="visible" />

            <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatSpinner
                android:id="@+id/spStates"
                style="@style/TextLabelBookBlack"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/_4sdp"
                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_4sdp"
                android:layout_weight="7.5"
                android:entries="@array/us_states"/>

        </LinearLayout>

This is a working example and adjust the weight according to your need.