In android applications date pickers are used to pick the date from the calendars and display them within our text view. Many times we have to display this date picker dialog box by clicking on edit text and then we have to display that date within our edit text. In this article, we will take a look at How to Pop Up a Date Picker Dialog in the android application by clicking on EditText. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article.
Note: This Android article covered in both Java and Kotlin languages.
Step by Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio.
Step 2: Working with the activity_main.xml file
Navigate to app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the code below. Comments are added in the code to get to know in detail.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/idRLContainer" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <!--on below line we are creating a text for our app--> <TextView android:id="@+id/idTVHeading" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_above="@id/idEdtDate" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:layout_margin="20dp" android:gravity="center" android:padding="10dp" android:text="PopUp Datepicker while Clicking on EditText in Android" android:textAlignment="center" android:textColor="@color/black" android:textSize="20sp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <!--on below line we are creating edit text for passing data--> <EditText android:id="@+id/idEdtDate" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:layout_margin="20dp" android:clickable="false" android:cursorVisible="false" android:focusable="false" android:focusableInTouchMode="false" android:hint="Enter date" /></RelativeLayout> |
Step 3: Working with the MainActivity file
Navigate to app > java > your app’s package name > MainActivity file and add the below code to it. Comments are added in the code to get to know in detail.
Kotlin
package com.gtappdevelopers.kotlingfgprojectimport android.app.DatePickerDialogimport android.os.Bundleimport android.widget.EditTextimport androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivityimport java.util.*class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { // on below line creating a variable. lateinit var dateEdt: EditText override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) // on below line we are initializing our variables. dateEdt = findViewById(R.id.idEdtDate) // on below line we are adding // click listener for our edit text. dateEdt.setOnClickListener { // on below line we are getting // the instance of our calendar. val c = Calendar.getInstance() // on below line we are getting // our day, month and year. val year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR) val month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) val day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) // on below line we are creating a // variable for date picker dialog. val datePickerDialog = DatePickerDialog( // on below line we are passing context. this, { view, year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth -> // on below line we are setting // date to our edit text. val dat = (dayOfMonth.toString() + "-" + (monthOfYear + 1) + "-" + year) dateEdt.setText(dat) }, // on below line we are passing year, month // and day for the selected date in our date picker. year, month, day ) // at last we are calling show // to display our date picker dialog. datePickerDialog.show() } }} |
Java
package com.gtappdevelopers.googlemapsroutes;import android.app.DatePickerDialog;import android.os.Bundle;import android.view.View;import android.widget.DatePicker;import android.widget.EditText;import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;import java.util.Calendar;public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { // on below line we are creating variables. private EditText dateEdt; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); // on below line we are initializing our variables. dateEdt = findViewById(R.id.idEdtDate); // on below line we are adding click listener // for our pick date button dateEdt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { // on below line we are getting // the instance of our calendar. final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); // on below line we are getting // our day, month and year. int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR); int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH); int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); // on below line we are creating a variable for date picker dialog. DatePickerDialog datePickerDialog = new DatePickerDialog( // on below line we are passing context. MainActivity.this, new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() { @Override public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) { // on below line we are setting date to our edit text. dateEdt.setText(dayOfMonth + "-" + (monthOfYear + 1) + "-" + year); } }, // on below line we are passing year, // month and day for selected date in our date picker. year, month, day); // at last we are calling show to // display our date picker dialog. datePickerDialog.show(); } }); }} |
Now run your application to see the output of it.
Output:
