How to popup list like a spinner without spinner in android?

Question

I have a spinner widget in my activity which lets users pick a list name.

Normally, the function of the spinner is to switch between lists but for a couple of instances,

Answer 1

This is best example for popup details like spinner using AlertDialog and AlertDialog.Builder

        AlertDialog dialog;

         final CharSequence[] items = { "Item1", "Item2" };
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setTitle(title);
        builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int pos) {
            switch (pos) {
                case 0:
                              {
        Toast.makeText(this,"Clicked on:"+items[pos],Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                      }break;
            case 1:
                              {
        Toast.makeText(this,"Clicked on:"+items[pos],Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                      }break;
        }
    }});
dialog=builder.create();
dialog.show();