Question

By referring DateWidgets1.java in API demo, I tend to show date picker widget through the following way.

private void initDateTextView() {
    dateTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View arg0) {
            showDialog(DATE_DIALOG_ID);                
        }            
    });
}

@Override
protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
    switch (id) {
    case DATE_DIALOG_ID:
       // set date picker as current date
       return new DatePickerDialog(this, datePickerListener, 
                     this.year, this.month, this.date);
    }
    return null;
}

@Override
protected void onPrepareDialog(int id, Dialog dialog) {
    switch (id) {
    case DATE_DIALOG_ID:
        ((DatePickerDialog)dialog).updateDate(this.year, this.month, this.date);
    }        
}

private static final int DATE_DIALOG_ID = 0;
private final DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener datePickerListener = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
    // When dialog box is closed, below method will be called.
    public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int selectedYear, int selectedMonth, int selectedDay) {
        Log.i("CHEOK", selectedYear + ", " + selectedMonth + ", " + selectedDay);
    }
};

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However, I realize, onDateSet will always be called, with latest spinner selected date, regardless I am pressing dialog’s Done button, or pressing the phone’s soft back button.

I am only interested in getting the selected date, when user pressing Done button, but not back button.

Is there any way I can achieve so?

Answer 1

This seems to be a bug in the framework as discussed in this post (with a suggested workaround included).