 <p>I just did alot of his, hope it helps</p> <pre><code>Spinner m1ssspinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.m1_ss_spinner); ArrayAdapter&lt;CharSequence&gt; m1ssadapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.m1_ss_list, R.layout.my_normal_spinner_style); m1ssadapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); m1ssspinner.setAdapter(m1ssadapter); Spinner m1sqs1spinner = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.m1_sqs1_spinner); ArrayAdapter&lt;CharSequence&gt; m1sqs1adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.m1_sqs1_list, R.layout.my_normal_spinner_style); m1sqs1adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); m1sqs1spinner.setAdapter(m1sqs1adapter); </code></pre>