How to add a Hint in spinner in XML
<p>I am trying to add a Hint in the spinner widget as there is no option of Hint as in <code>EditText</code>, I want to show Gender as a Hint and when clicked it must show only Male and Female not the hint. </p>

<p>How it can be Done Only Using XML</p>

<p>XML code of spinner.</p>

<pre><code>  &lt;Spinner
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:id="@+id/spinner1"
      android:entries="@array/gender"
      android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
      android:layout_marginLeft="25dp"
      android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
      android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" /&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>String Array of the spinner</p>

<pre><code>&lt;string-array name="gender"&gt;
     &lt;item&gt;Male&lt;/item&gt;
     &lt;item&gt;Female&lt;/item&gt;
&lt;/string-array&gt;
</code></pre>