how to remove first item from spinner
<p>whenever i create a spinner by default it shows first element in spinner. i want to show my own hint on that spinner.</p>

<p><strong>note:- i am receiving data from web services.</strong></p>

<p>my code is:-</p>

<pre><code>        &lt;Spinner
            android:id="@+id/spinnerAtlasContactSignup"
            android:layout_width="200dip"
            android:layout_height="46dp"
            android:layout_below="@+id/editCompanySignup"
            android:layout_marginBottom="60dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/slect_box1x"
            android:ems="10"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:prompt="@string/atlas_contact" /&gt;

 private void initializeSpinner(ArrayList&lt;AtlasContact&gt; atlastContacts) {

    ArrayAdapter&lt;AtlasContact&gt; adapter = new ArrayAdapter&lt;AtlasContact&gt;(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, atlastContacts);
    adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    // Apply the adapter to the spinner
    spinnerAtlasContact.setAdapter(adapter); 
</code></pre>

<p>here <code>AtlasContact</code> is a class which accepts the data coming from web services.</p>
