Step 1. Please add item in menu.xml
<item android:id="@+id/navigation_drawer_item3" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_share" android:title="" app:actionLayout="@layout/spinner"/>
Step 2. Please create layout for spinner view
<Spinner xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/spinner" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:gravity="center_vertical" />
Step 3. set spinner data in your activity file
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) navigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.navigation_drawer_item3).getActionView(); spinner.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item,language)); spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() { @Override public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) { Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,language[position],Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } @Override public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) { } });
Step 4. please add android support design library into project if need.
References
https://github.com/mhdr/AndroidSamples/tree/master/092
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37696653/how-to-add-spinner-as-an-item-in-navigation-drawer
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34847464/how-to-add-spinner-on-navigationview