title: How to style ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST Android
body: <p>I am trying to apply changes to the spinner. </p>
  
  <pre><code>SpinnerAdapter = new MySpinnerAdapter(getActivity().getApplicationContext(),
              android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, list);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have been playing around with themes and looks like i need to apply this in order to make changes, however its not working. Am i using right parent for the SpinnerItem style? What am i missing?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"&gt;
      &lt;item name="android:spinnerStyle"&gt;@style/Spinner&lt;/item&gt;
  &lt;/style&gt;
  
  
   &lt;style name="Spinner" parent="@android:style/Widget.Spinner"&gt;
      &lt;item name="android:background"&gt;@color/pending_red&lt;/item&gt;
  &lt;/style&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I inflate 2 different layouts in adapter, one in <strong>public View getDropDownView</strong> and another in <strong>public View getView</strong></p>
  
  <p>Doesnt look like android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item has any effect all. </p>
  
  <p><em><strong>FOUND SOLUTION</em></strong> </p>
  
  <p>I had to use </p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;item name="android:actionDropDownStyle"&gt;@style/Spinner&lt;/item&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>instead of </p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;item name="android:spinnerStyle"&gt;@style/Spinner&lt;/item&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in the root! </p>
  
  <p>It was all <strong><a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></strong> in the end! </p>