Used to make your EditText a better option than Spinners

ClickToSelectEditText.java

public class ClickToSelectEditText<T extends Listable> extends AppCompactEditText {

    List<T> mItems;
    String[] mListableItems;
    CharSequence mHint;

    OnItemSelectedListener<T> onItemSelectedListener;

    public ClickToSelectEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);

        mHint = getHint();
    }

    public ClickToSelectEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        mHint = getHint();
    }

    public ClickToSelectEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        mHint = getHint();
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
    public ClickToSelectEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);

        mHint = getHint();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);
        setFocusable(false);
        setClickable(true);
    }

    public void setItems(List<T> items) {
        this.mItems = items;
        this.mListableItems = new String[items.size()];

        int i = 0;

        for (T item : mItems) {
            mListableItems[i++] = item.getLabel();
        }

        configureOnClickListener();
    }

    private void configureOnClickListener() {
        setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(view.getContext());
                builder.setTitle(mHint);
                builder.setItems(mListableItems, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int selectedIndex) {
                        setText(mListableItems[selectedIndex]);

                        if (onItemSelectedListener != null) {
                            onItemSelectedListener.onItemSelectedListener(mItems.get(selectedIndex), selectedIndex);
                        }
                    }
                });
                builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.dialog_close_button, null);
                builder.create().show();
            }
        });
    }

    public void setOnItemSelectedListener(OnItemSelectedListener<T> onItemSelectedListener) {
        this.onItemSelectedListener = onItemSelectedListener;
    }

    public interface OnItemSelectedListener<T> {
        void onItemSelectedListener(T item, int selectedIndex);
    }
}

Listable.java

public interface Listable {
    String getLabel();
}

Usage.java

  
  @InjectView(R.id.signup_text_input_job_category)
  ClickToSelectEditText<JobCategory> editTextJobCategory;
  
  ...
  
  editTextJobCategory.setItems(jobCategories);
  editTextJobCategory.setOnItemSelectedListener(new ClickToSelectEditText.OnItemSelectedListener<JobCategory>() {
      @Override
      public void onItemSelectedListener(JobCategory item, int selectedIndex) {
          selectedJobCategory = item;
      }
  });

Usage.xml

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <com.your.package.ClickToSelectEditText
        android:id="@+id/signup_text_input_job_category"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="@string/hint_job_category" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

suggestion setLongClickable(false); to avoid Past action

Hey Rodrigo,
Thanks for this. However, I found a bug. This doesn't look consistent on all versions of Android. I tried running it on Android 2.3.7 and instead of using the AppCompat style of EditText, it used the old gingerbread style. Check the screenshot attached. Fortunately it gets fixed when you extend AppCompactEditText instead of just EditText. More on that here.
You can find my fork of this here.

Before vs After:-

Thank you @ronak-lm. I just updated my gist according to your suggestion.

Maybe now can extend TextInputEditText to have better support as it extend AppCompatEditText but with better support with TextInputLayout

extends AppCompatEditText not AppCompactEditText.

When I do this, I don't see the line below the input like I do if it's a TextInputEditText. I'm writing this in Kotlin, so I wonder if I'm doing something slightly wrong.

class SpinnerInputEditText<T> : AppCompatEditText, View.OnClickListener {
    var items: List<T> = ArrayList()

    private val displayItems: Array<String>
        get() = items.map { it.toString() }.toTypedArray()

    var onItemSelectedListener: OnItemSelectedListener<T>? = null

    constructor(context: Context?) : this(context, null)
    constructor(context: Context?, attrs: AttributeSet?) : this(context, attrs, 0)
    constructor(context: Context?, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyleAttr: Int) : super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr)

    init {
        setOnClickListener(this)
    }

    override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas?) {
        super.onDraw(canvas)
        isFocusable = false
        isClickable = true
    }

    override fun onClick(v: View?) {
        v?.context?.let {
            AlertDialog.Builder(it)
                    .setTitle(hint)
                    .setItems(displayItems, { _, which ->
                        setText(displayItems[which])
                        onItemSelectedListener?.onItemSelected(items[which], which)
                    })
                    .setPositiveButton("Close", null)
                    .create()
                    .show()
        }
    }

    interface OnItemSelectedListener<in T> {
        fun onItemSelected(item: T, index: Int)
    }
}

hello you do not have your project to be able to see it

Can you give an example of what JobCategory would look like?
Also what is this "selectedJobCategory "?
Thanks

@peterMonteer JobCategory just a POJO class and selectedJobCategory is the the object selected in this case is object type JobCategory.