Question

Implementing the DatePicker or DatePickerDialog in Android is easy. But when it comes to data storage, I have a problem with those classes:

If you use the spinners (+ or – button) to change the date, everything works fine. The event “Date changed” or “Date set” is called and you can get the values that the user entered.

But when the year is manually entered into the input field (via keyboard) and the user then clicks “Save” in the dialog, there won’t be any event called and you won’t get that manually entered value.

It only works when the user changes something with the sliders again after manually entering the year. Because when you use the sliders, the events are fired.

Is this normal behaviour? How can I achieve the desired behaviour, namely that an event is fired when the user enteres something manually and then clicks “Save”?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Just clear focus, and android will set the number from manual input.

eg:

DatePicker datePicker = findViewById(R.id.dp);

When saving just like onClick(), add
datePicker.clearFocus();

This must be working.