how to populate a spinner in mono for android

Question

my requirement is to populate a spinner(like dropdown) in mono android with value and string
like
courseid      coursename
101           MCA              
102           MBA
103           M.SC
104           M.Com
the spinner should display course name only....when i click on save button by choosing MCA the value(id) should be save not coursename(i.e.MCA)..like that for MBA -->102
when i retreive my data by giving student id the course name should display based on course id which is in the database.....
its need ....plz help me...i like this site very much...but here i dint found much solutions/articles for mono for android...plz authors post articles on mono android...
thanks in advance