For some unknown reason, MaterialDatePicker returns incorrect date after selection. For example, user is in Mexico region with timezone: America/Tijuana. When he selects in visual representation: 2021-10-05, in resulting text I have -1 day, 2021-10-04. For RU region everything works fine. Here is the code:
public void startDateSelectionPicker() {
try {
MaterialDatePicker<Long> picker = MaterialDatePicker.Builder.datePicker()
.setSelection(MaterialDatePicker.todayInUtcMilliseconds())
.setTheme(R.style.CustomDatePickerDialog)
.build();
picker.addOnPositiveButtonClickListener(selection -> {
TimeZone t = TimeZone.getDefault();
Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
c1.setTimeInMillis(selection);
c1.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
//here I need to receive correct date, but receiving -1 from originally selected date.
String date = ToolsManager.calendarToDate(this, c1, "yyyy-MM-dd");
});
picker.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), picker.getTag());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
}
}
public static String calendarToDate(Context context, Calendar calendar, String dateFormat) {
if (calendar == null) {
return null;
}
Locale locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale);
return df.format(calendar.getTime());
}
And also when I am setting: .setSelection(MaterialDatePicker.todayInUtcMilliseconds())
it display 18 of October on calendar, but really today is 20 of Octobeer.
I have solved this issue with such code:
public void startDateSelectionPicker() {
try {
MaterialDatePicker<Long> picker = MaterialDatePicker.Builder.datePicker()
.setSelection(MaterialDatePicker.todayInUtcMilliseconds())
.setTheme(R.style.CustomDatePickerDialog)
.build();
picker.addOnPositiveButtonClickListener(selection -> {
Calendar utc = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
utc.setTimeInMillis(selection);
String date = ToolsManager.calendarToDate(this, utc, ToolsManager.LETY_FILTRATION_DATE_FORMAT);
binding.textview.setText(date);
});
picker.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), picker.getTag());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
}
}
public static String calendarToDate(Context context, Calendar calendar, String dateFormat) {
if (calendar == null) {
return null;
}
Locale locale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale);
TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
df.setTimeZone(timeZone);
Date d = calendar.getTime();
return df.format(d);
}
So, the core solver was to create Calendar with UTC timezone (because it works only with UTC values, and in formatted also I had to init UTC timezone, in other case it was shifting values for some hours depending on time zone.
Also these two links helped to understand: https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/blob/00dc4c6b5af3939418f1c7d1e4c737dc3fb7fd67/docs/components/Picker.md#timezones
And converter: https://www.epochconverter.com/