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Answer : NumberPicker is not just for integers.. Even you can use Floats String etc. see this and read about it. for tutorials : http://gafurbabu.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/android-number-picker-dialog/ And I had used NumberPicker long ago like this and it might be some use posting here: NumberPicker np; String nums[]= {"Select Fraction","1/64","1/32","3/64","1/16","5/64","3/32","7/64","1/8","9/64","5/32","11/64","3/16","13/64","7/32","15/64","1/4","17/64","9/32","19/64","5/16","21/64","11/32","23/64","3/8","25/64","13/32","27/64","7/16","29/64"}; np = (NumberPicker) findViewById(R.id.np); np.setMaxValue(nums.length-1); np.setMin...

Answer : This works for me, much simpler as well: <Spinner android:id="@+id/spinner" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" android:spinnerMode="dropdown" /> And in your class file: spinner = (Spinner) view.findViewById(R.id.spinner); ArrayAdapter adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.spinner_data, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); spinner.setAdapter(adapter); Hope this helps ;) Try this one: <Spinner android:id="@+id/spinnPhoneTypes" android:layout_width="0dp" style="@android:style/Widget.Spinner.DropDown" android:layout_height="@dimen/thirtyFive" android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" android:layout_weight="1...