Android Calendar View for Date Picker

Question

I\'m writing my first app, and I have a question about DatePicker.

My app requires the user to input a date. The most user-friendly way would be to popu

Answer 1

Is this type of functionality built into any android widget or view, or would I have to design my own custom > component to do this?

There is no component for that in the Android SDK, sorry. The widget you illustrate is too small for a touchscreen. You can implement something larger (see the Calendar app), but you are largely on your own for that.

Answer 2

Since the API 11 there natively: CalendarView

This View is in HoloEverywhere since API 7.

Answer 3

I have recently written exactly this as a modular app. Here is some sample code, documentation with screenshots, and .apk download.

Answer 4

you can use this lib for date selection

https://github.com/square/android-times-square/

Answer 5

what i found so far:

• http://code.google.com/p/android-calendar-view
• http://code.google.com/p/openintents/wiki/CalendarPickerAPI

Answer 6

Found a good implemetation in http://caughtinthemobileweb.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/how-to-implement-calendarview-in-android/

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Also Since API level 11 (Android 3.0) there has been the native implementation of the CalendarView http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/CalendarView.html