How can I create a date Spinner, which shows current date in EditText as default and future dates in Spinner (like, for next 30 days)
I used date picker in many apps, so I am familiar with date picker dialog but don't have any idea about date spinner.
Note
Please don't tell me How to style EditText as Spinner
EDITED: 1 AS RECOMMENDED BY @erakitin
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_date);
Spinner spinnerDateIn = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerDateIn);
Spinner spinnerDateOut = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerDateOut);
spinnerDateIn.setAdapter(new CalendarSpinnerAdapter(SpinnerDateActivity.this, 30));
}
EDITED: 2 AS RECOMMENDED BY @erakitin
in new update
CalendarSpinnerAdapter mSpinnerDateInAdapter = new CalendarSpinnerAdapter(SpinnerDateActivity.this, 30);
spinnerDate.setAdapter(mSpinnerDateInAdapter);
spinnerDate.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
spinnerDate.setSelection(position);
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
});
Now, trying to get value of selected Item in String but getting: java.util.GregorianCalendar
, where i am doing mistake ?
strDate = spinnerDate.getSelectedItem().toString();
There are a simple example of adapter for Spinner
below.
public class CalendarSpinnerAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private SimpleDateFormat mDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy");
private LayoutInflater mInflater;
private Calendar mCalendar;
private int mDayCount;
private int mLastRequestedDay = 0;
public CalendarSpinnerAdapter(Context context, int dayCount) {
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
mDayCount = dayCount;
mCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
}
@Override
public int getCount() {
return mDayCount;
}
@Override
public Calendar getItem(int position) {
mCalendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, position - mLastRequestedDay);
mLastRequestedDay = position;
return mCalendar;
}
@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = mInflater.inflate(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, parent, false);
}
Calendar item = getItem(position);
((TextView) convertView).setText(mDateFormat.format(item.getTimeInMillis()));
return convertView;
}
@Override
public View getDropDownView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
return getView(position, convertView, parent);
}
}
How to use it for display current date and next 29 days:
mDateSpinner.setAdapter(new CalendarSpinnerAdapter(getActivity(), 30));
UPD:
We should add a parameter to adapter's constructor for setting the starting date:
public CalendarSpinnerAdapter(Context context, Calendar startDate, int dayCount) {
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
mDayCount = dayCount;
mCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
mCalendar.setTimeInMillis(startDate.getTimeInMillis());
}
Then add listener for spinnerDateIn
where we can initialize the second spinner:
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_date);
Spinner spinnerDateIn = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerDateIn);
final Spinner spinnerDateOut = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinnerDateOut);
mSpinnerDateInAdapter = new CalendarSpinnerAdapter(SpinnerDateActivity.this, Calendar.getInstance(), 30);
spinnerDateIn.setAdapter(mSpinnerDateInAdapter);
spinnerDateIn.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
Calendar dateIn = Calendar.getInstance();
dateIn.setTimeInMillis(mSpinnerDateInAdapter.getItem(position).getTimeInMillis());
dateIn.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1); // add one day
mSpinnerDateOutAdapter = new CalendarSpinnerAdapter(SpinnerDateActivity.this, dateIn, 30);
spinnerDateOut.setAdapter(mSpinnerDateOutAdapter);
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
});
}
I didn't try this code but it should work.
UPD2:
spinnerDate.setSelection(position)
returns Calendar
class instance. If you want to get selected date as String
you should format it. Try to use following method:
private String getSelectedDateAsString(Spinner dateSpinner) {
Calendar selectedDate = (Calendar) dateSpinner.getSelectedItem();
return new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy").format(selectedDate.getTimeInMillis());
}