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android kotlin - Spinner item padding programmatically

MainActivity.kt

package com.cfsuman.kotlintutorials

import android.app.Activity
import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.Typeface
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.TypedValue
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.*


class MainActivity : Activity() {
    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 spinner = findViewById<Spinner>(R.id.spinner)


        // list of spinner items
        val list = mutableListOf(
            "Blanched almond",
            "Blue sapphire",
            "Brilliant rose",
            "Bronze",
            "Brown",
            "Bright navy blue"
        )


        // 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 and sans serif font
                view.setTypeface(Typeface.SANS_SERIF, Typeface.BOLD)

                // set spinner item padding
                view.setPadding(
                    25.toDp(context), // left
                    10.toDp(context), // top
                    50.toDp(context), // right
                    10.toDp(context) // bottom
                )

                // set spinner items alternate color
                if (position %2 == 1){
                    view.background = ColorDrawable(
                        Color.parseColor("#F0FFFF"))
                }else{
                    view.background = ColorDrawable(
                        Color.parseColor("#ACE5EE"))
                }

                return view
            }
        }


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



// Extension method to convert values to dp
fun Int.toDp(context: Context):Int = TypedValue.applyDimension(
    TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,
    this.toFloat(),
    context.resources.displayMetrics
).toInt()
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="64dp">

    <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" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
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