android kotlin - Add a hint to spinner example

MainActivity.kt

package com.cfsuman.kotlintutorials

import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.Typeface
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.*
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private lateinit var context:MainActivity

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        // Get the context
        context = this

        // Get the widgets reference from XML layout
        val rootLayout = findViewById<ConstraintLayout>(R.id.rootLayout)
        val spinner = findViewById<Spinner>(R.id.spinner)
        val textView = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.textView)

        // list of spinner items
        val list = mutableListOf(
            "Amaranth purple",
            "Black olive",
            "Asparagus",
            "Android green",
            "Blue sapphire"
        )

        // add a hint to spinner
        // list first item will show as hint
        list.add(0,"Select favorite color")

        // initialize an array adapter for spinner
        val adapter:ArrayAdapter<String> = object: ArrayAdapter<String>(
            context,
            android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,
            list
        ){
            override fun getDropDownView(
                position: Int,
                convertView: View?,
                parent: ViewGroup
            ): View {
                val view:TextView = super.getDropDownView(
                    position,
                    convertView,
                    parent
                ) as TextView
                // set item text bold
                view.setTypeface(view.typeface, Typeface.BOLD)

                // set item padding
                view.setPadding(64,0,128,0)

                // set selected item style
                if (position == spinner.selectedItemPosition
                    && position !=0 ){
                    view.background = ColorDrawable(
                        Color.parseColor("#F8F8F8"))
                    view.setTextColor(
                        Color.parseColor("#0018A8"))
                }

                // make hint item color gray
                if(position == 0){
                    view.setTextColor(Color.LTGRAY)
                }

                return view
            }

            override fun isEnabled(position: Int): Boolean {
                // disable first item
                // first item is display as hint
                return position != 0
            }
        }

        // finally, data bind spinner with adapter
        spinner.adapter = adapter


        // spinner on item selected listener
        spinner.onItemSelectedListener = object
            : AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {
            override fun onItemSelected(
                parent: AdapterView<*>,
                view: View,
                position: Int,
                id: Long
            ) {
                // by default spinner initial selected item is first item
                if (position != 0){
                    textView.text = "Selected : "
                    // get selected item text
                    textView.append(
                        parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString()
                    )
                }
            }

            override fun onNothingSelected(parent: AdapterView<*>?) {
                // another interface callback
            }
        }
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/rootLayout"
    android:background="#DCDCDC"
    android:padding="24dp">

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>