Alternative to NumberPicker for API 8 [duplicate]

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How would one implement a NumberPicker in Android API 7?

I need to pick a small integer in the range 0 to 12. The space in my UI to do this is restricted and must be wider than it is tall. Is there a widget available in API 8 that will allow me to do this?

EDIT: Re possible duplication of previous SO question. I saw a closely related question, but A) it made no "landscape orientation" restriction and B) A suggestion that code could be copied from api 11 was not followed up with an explanation of exactly how to do it.

Answer 1

The easiest (but also most ugly) would be an edittext with inputtype number.

But making a number picker from scratch isnt that hard.

You just need a Textview which takes a variable as text. Add a + and - button which increment/decrement the variable and call Textview.setText(variable)

final int[] counter = {0};
Button add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bAdd);
Button sub = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bSub);
TextView display = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvDisplay);

add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

    public void onClick(View v) {
    counter[0]++;
    display.setText( "" + counter[0]);
    }
});

sub.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

    public void onClick(View v) {
    counter[0]--;
    display.setText( "" + counter[0]);
    }
});

in xml just add 2 buttons with id bAdd and bSub and a textview with id tvDisplay and arrange them like you want