我昨天遇到了同样的问题，不想向ArrayAdapter添加隐藏项或使用反射，这工作得很好，但有点脏。

在阅读了许多帖子和尝试之后，我通过扩展ArrayAdapter和覆盖getView方法找到了一个解决方案。

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * A SpinnerAdapter which does not show the value of the initial selection initially,
 * but an initialText.
 * To use the spinner with initial selection instead call notifyDataSetChanged().
 */
public class SpinnerAdapterWithInitialText<T> extends ArrayAdapter<T> {

    private Context context;
    private int resource;

    private boolean initialTextWasShown = false;
    private String initialText = "Please select";

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param context The current context.
     * @param resource The resource ID for a layout file containing a TextView to use when
     *                 instantiating views.
     * @param objects The objects to represent in the ListView.
     */
    public SpinnerAdapterWithInitialText(@NonNull Context context, int resource, @NonNull T[] objects) {
        super(context, resource, objects);
        this.context = context;
        this.resource = resource;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether the user has selected a spinner item, or if still the initial text is shown.
     * @param spinner The spinner the SpinnerAdapterWithInitialText is assigned to.
     * @return true if the user has selected a spinner item, false if not.
     */
    public boolean selectionMade(Spinner spinner) {
        return !((TextView)spinner.getSelectedView()).getText().toString().equals(initialText);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a TextView with the initialText the first time getView is called.
     * So the Spinner has an initialText which does not represent the selected item.
     * To use the spinner with initial selection instead call notifyDataSetChanged(),
     * after assigning the SpinnerAdapterWithInitialText.
     */
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View recycle, ViewGroup container) {
        if(initialTextWasShown) {
            return super.getView(position, recycle, container);
        } else {
            initialTextWasShown = true;
            LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
            final View view = inflater.inflate(resource, container, false);

            ((TextView) view).setText(initialText);

            return view;
        }
    }
}

Android在初始化Spinner时所做的，是在为T[]对象中的所有项目调用getView之前为所选项目调用getView。 SpinnerAdapterWithInitialText在第一次调用时返回带有initialText的TextView。 其他时间都调用super。getView是ArrayAdapter的getView方法如果你正常使用Spinner，它会被调用。

要找出用户是否选择了一个微调项，或者微调器是否仍然显示initialText，请调用selectionMade并移交适配器分配给的微调器。

考虑有N个项目要选择。

添加完这N个项目后，添加提示文本作为(N+1)个项目。

将所选项目设置为第N个位置[(N+1)个项目]。

在OnItemSelected Listener中，如果所选位置不是N，弹出最后一个项目并调用Adapter.notifyDataSetChanged()并将所选项目设置为所选位置。

就像这样:

    spinner.setItems("Daily", "One time", "Frequency"); // here "Frequency is the hint text"
    spinner.setSelectedIndex(2);

    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(Spinner view, int position, long id, Object item) {
            if (position != 2) {
                view.setItems("Daily", "One time");
                view.setSelectedIndex(position);
            }else {
                // This item is not a valid selection
            }
        }
    });

你可以把它变成一个文本视图，并使用这个:

android:style="@android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.Light.Spinner"

然后定义android:text属性。

似乎是一个平庸的解决方案，但我通常把简单的TextView在纺纱器的前面。整个Xml是这样的。(嘿，伙计们，别朝我开枪，我知道你们有些人不喜欢这种婚姻):

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/selectTypesLinear"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinnerExercises"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:entries="@array/exercise_spinner_entries"
        android:prompt="@string/exercise_spinner_prompt"
     />                         
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/spinnerSelectText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:text="Hey! Select this guy!"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:background="#FF000000" />


</FrameLayout>

然后我隐藏TextView时，一个项目被选中。显然，TextView的背景颜色应该与旋转器相同。适用于Android 4.0。不知道旧版本。

是的。因为Spinner在开始时调用setOnItemSelectedListener，隐藏textview可能有点棘手，但可以这样做:

    Boolean controlTouched;

    exerciseSpinner.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {


        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            controlTouched = true; // I touched it but but not yet selected an Item.
            return false;
        }

    });
    exerciseSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                int arg2, long arg3) {
            if (controlTouched) { // Are you sure that I touched it with my fingers and not someone else  ?
                spinnerSelText.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
        }

    });

对于那些使用Xamarin的人，下面是与上面aaronvargas的答案相当的c#版本。

using Android.Content;
using Android.Database;
using Android.Views;
using Android.Widget;
using Java.Lang;

namespace MyNamespace.Droid
{ 
  public class NothingSelectedSpinnerAdapter : BaseAdapter, ISpinnerAdapter, IListAdapter
  {
    protected static readonly int EXTRA = 1;
    protected ISpinnerAdapter adapter;
    protected Context context;
    protected int nothingSelectedLayout;
    protected int nothingSelectedDropdownLayout;
    protected LayoutInflater layoutInflater;

    public NothingSelectedSpinnerAdapter(ISpinnerAdapter spinnerAdapter, int nothingSelectedLayout, Context context) : this(spinnerAdapter, nothingSelectedLayout, -1, context)
    {
    }

    public NothingSelectedSpinnerAdapter(ISpinnerAdapter spinnerAdapter, int nothingSelectedLayout, int nothingSelectedDropdownLayout, Context context)
    {
      this.adapter = spinnerAdapter;
      this.context = context;
      this.nothingSelectedLayout = nothingSelectedLayout;
      this.nothingSelectedDropdownLayout = nothingSelectedDropdownLayout;
      layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.From(context);
    }

    protected View GetNothingSelectedView(ViewGroup parent)
    {
      return layoutInflater.Inflate(nothingSelectedLayout, parent, false);
    }

    protected View GetNothingSelectedDropdownView(ViewGroup parent)
    {
      return layoutInflater.Inflate(nothingSelectedDropdownLayout, parent, false);
    }

    public override Object GetItem(int position)
    {
      return position == 0 ? null : adapter.GetItem(position - EXTRA);
    }

    public override long GetItemId(int position)
    {
      return position >= EXTRA ? adapter.GetItemId(position - EXTRA) : position - EXTRA;
    }

    public override View GetView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
      // This provides the View for the Selected Item in the Spinner, not
      // the dropdown (unless dropdownView is not set).
      if (position == 0)
      {
        return GetNothingSelectedView(parent);
      }

      // Could re-use the convertView if possible.
      return this.adapter.GetView(position - EXTRA, null, parent);
    }

    public override int Count
    {
      get
      {
        int count = this.adapter.Count;
        return count == 0 ? 0 : count + EXTRA;
      }
    }

    public override View GetDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
      // Android BUG! http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17128 -
      // Spinner does not support multiple view types
      if (position == 0)
      {
        return nothingSelectedDropdownLayout == -1 ?
          new View(context) :
          GetNothingSelectedDropdownView(parent);
      }

      // Could re-use the convertView if possible, use setTag...
      return adapter.GetDropDownView(position - EXTRA, null, parent);
    }

    public override int GetItemViewType(int position)
    {
      return 0;
    }

    public override int ViewTypeCount => 1;

    public override bool HasStableIds => this.adapter.HasStableIds;

    public override bool IsEmpty => this.adapter.IsEmpty;

    public override void RegisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer)
    {
      adapter.RegisterDataSetObserver(observer);
    }

    public override void UnregisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer)
    {
      adapter.UnregisterDataSetObserver(observer);
    }

    public override bool AreAllItemsEnabled()
    {
      return false;
    }

    public override bool IsEnabled(int position)
    {
      return position > 0;
    }
  }
}

如果你只有三个选择，我只会使用带有RadioButtons的RadioGroup，你可以在一开始让它们都未选中。