Datepicker: How to popup datepicker when click on edittext

Question

I want to show datepicker popup window. I have found some examples but i am not getting it properly. I have one edittext and i want that when i click on edittext the datepicker dialog should popup and after setting the date, the date should show in edittext in dd/mm/yyyy format. PLease provide me sample code or good links.

Answer 1

Try this in the XML file:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/Birthday"
    custom:font="@string/font_avenir_book"
    android:clickable="false" 
    android:cursorVisible="false" 
    android:focusable="false" 
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:hint="@string/birthday"/>

And this in the Java File:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    final Calendar myCalendar= Calendar.getInstance();
    EditText editText;
    
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        editText=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.BirthDate);
        DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener date =new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int month, int day) {
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.MONTH,month);
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,day);
                updateLabel();
            }
        };
        editText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                new DatePickerDialog(MainActivity.this,date,myCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR),myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)).show();
            }
        });
    }

    private void updateLabel(){
        String myFormat="MM/dd/yy";
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat=new SimpleDateFormat(myFormat, Locale.US);
        editText.setText(dateFormat.format(myCalendar.getTime()));
    }
}

Add android:focusable="false" within the xml file of the EditText to allow for a single touch.

Answer 2

Couldn't get anyone of these working so will add my one just in-case it helps.

public class MyEditTextDatePicker  implements OnClickListener, OnDateSetListener {   
EditText _editText;
private int _day;
private int _month;
private int _birthYear;
private Context _context;

public MyEditTextDatePicker(Context context, int editTextViewID)
{       
    Activity act = (Activity)context;
    this._editText = (EditText)act.findViewById(editTextViewID);
    this._editText.setOnClickListener(this);
    this._context = context;
}

@Override
public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
    _birthYear = year;
    _month = monthOfYear;
    _day = dayOfMonth;
    updateDisplay();
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());

    DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(_context, this,
            calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR), calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
            calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
    dialog.show();

}

// updates the date in the birth date EditText
private void updateDisplay() {

    _editText.setText(new StringBuilder()
    // Month is 0 based so add 1
    .append(_day).append("/").append(_month + 1).append("/").append(_birthYear).append(" "));
}
}

Also something that isn't mentioned in the others. Make sure you put the following on EditText xml.

android:focusable="false"

Otherwise like in my case the Keyboard will keep popping up. Hope this helps someone