DatePicker in a DialogFragment ignores setCalendarViewShown

Question

I wanted to show a DatePicker in a DialogFragment:

public class DatePickerDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
    private OnDateSetListener dateSetListener = null;
    private String title = null;

    public DatePickerDialogFragment() {}

    public DatePickerDialogFragment(OnDateSetListener dateSetListener, String title) {
        this.dateSetListener = dateSetListener;
        this.title = title;
    }

    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

        int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

        DatePickerDialog datePickerDialog = new DatePickerDialog(this.getActivity(), this.dateSetListener, year, month, day);
        datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setCalendarViewShown(false);
        datePickerDialog.setTitle(this.title);

        return datePickerDialog;
    }
}

Unfortunately datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setCalendarViewShown(false); is completly ignored. I hate the calendar view because it is ugly and uncomfortable. So how can i disable it?

Answer 1

In my "values-v21/styles.xml" I've modified activity theme as below it's hiding calendar & shows simple datepicker spinner. You might want to use a drawable with white background & rounded corners:

    <item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">@style/style_date_picker_dialog</item>
</style>


<style name="style_date_picker_dialog" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light">
    <item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/dialog_background</item>
    <item name="android:datePickerStyle">@style/style_datepicker</item>
</style>

<style name="style_datepicker" parent="android:Widget.Material.Light.DatePicker">
    <item name="android:datePickerMode">spinner</item>
</style>