iPhone datepicker instead of keyboard?

Question

How would you do that?

I have a form with a UITextField. When I click in it I would like to display a UIDatePicker instead of the default Keyboard that pops-up by default? Note that there are also other elements on my form.

Answer 1

I think this is a more official way to do this:

UIDatePicker *datePicker = [[[UIDatePicker alloc] init] autorelease]; datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate; [datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(datePickerValueChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged]; datePicker.tag = indexPath.row; textField.inputView = datePicker; 

Answer 2

in .h

UIDatePicker *datePicker; NSDate *date; UIToolbar *keyboardToolbar; 

in ViewDidLoad:

if (keyboardToolbar == nil) {     keyboardToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, 44)];     [keyboardToolbar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent];      UIBarButtonItem *extraSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:nil action:nil];      UIBarButtonItem *accept = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Accept" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleDone target:self action:@selector(closeKeyboard:)];      [keyboardToolbar setItems:[[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: extraSpace, accept, nil]]; }  self.txtDate.inputAccessoryView = keyboardToolbar;  datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] init]; datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate; [datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(datePickerValueChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];  self.txtDate.inputView = datePicker;   - (void)datePickerValueChanged:(id)sender{  date = datePicker.date;  NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [df setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/YYYY"];   [self.txtDate setText:[df stringFromDate:date]]; } 

in storyboard add to txtDate -> EditingDidEnd

- (IBAction)establishHour:(id)sender{  hour = hourPicker.date;  NSDateFormatter *hf = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [hf setDateFormat:@"HH:MM"];  [self.txtHour setText:[hf stringFromDate:hour]];  } 

Sets the keyboard as DatePicker and created a toolbar with a button to accept the selection.