Question

Is there anyway to use the timepicker as timer … like if the user picks 1hour 30mins on the timepicker it will set the alarm one hour 30 mins from now and not at like 1.30am in the morning? also is there anyway of getting rid of the timepicker title?

Answer 1

Is there anyway to use the TimePicker as timer… like if the user picks 1:30 on the TimePicker it will set the alarm one hour and 30 mins from now?

The TimePicker displays times, not quantities. You could interpret the time in this way, if you really wanted, but it wouldn’t be very useful if the user wanted to set the alarm, say, 25 hours from now.

I would suggest you implement your own View instead (or Google search for one that has already been made).

Is there anyway of getting rid of the timepicker title?

If you mean the TimePickerDialog, then yes. You can call setTitle(CharSequence title).

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Edit:

In a comment, you asked,

How do I prevent the title from auto-updating when I change the time?

Take a look at the source code and you’ll find that the onTimeChanged method will update the title like this by default. To prevent the title from being updated, you’ll need to implement a TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener,

private OnTimeChangedListener mListener = new TimePicker.OnTimeChangedListener() {
    @Override      
    public void onTimeChanged(TimePicker view, int hourOfDay, int minute) {
        // do nothing when time is changed
    }
};

Then pass this listener to the constructor when you instantiate the TimePickerDialog.