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Asked: 2026-05-29T09:15:52+00:00

I’ve been using PhoneGap for a while mainly focused at iOS and using mostly

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I’ve been using PhoneGap for a while mainly focused at iOS and using mostly 100% web code.

I’m about to investigate PhoneGap for another project where there is a desire to leverage the device’s native form input components.

An example is the date picker. The spinners in iOS, the ‘clicker’ in Android, etc.

To what extent does/can PhoneGap access native UI components like that? If I’m targetting iOS4, can I call the native device date picker from my HTML/JS?

(I should add that I know this is not the preferred model…the entire point of PhoneGap is to be able to manage less code across more devices and standardizing on a shared UI is the better bet…but I’m investigating the options requested…)

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes you can invoke a native datepicker using phonegap plugins. There are currently two implementations for Android and for iOS:

    Android: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/DatePicker
    iOS: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/iPhone/DatePicker

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