Android, is there any way to disable writing inside a date picker using keyboard?

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Is there any way to disable writing inside a date picker using keyboard? As I just want the plus and minus signs to be used to set the date. thanks in advance.

Why are you planning on breaking default user interaction? Expected behavior does not work anymore and it will confuse and/or annoy your users... — Veger, Nov 20 '12 at 10:58
So check if the input date is conform your constraints after the user choose a new date, and notify the user when it is not... — Veger, Nov 20 '12 at 11:00

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '12 at 11:00

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myDatePicker.setDescendantFocusability(DatePicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

answered Nov 20 '12 at 11:00

Tkingovr

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Do you know how to do this for DatePickerDialog, if API level is lower than 11? – Mario Kutlev Nov 05 '13 at 11:23
Not sure let me try it out later today when I get a chance – Tkingovr Nov 05 '13 at 13:29
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@Antigona try this: myDatePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setDescendantFocusability(DatePicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS); – user1851212 Jul 03 '14 at 11:57

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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dp.setDescendantFocusability(DatePicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

is the best way to do so.

You can check this also

Focusable EditText inside ListView

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Nov 22 '12 at 09:16

Rand Halim

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 22 '12 at 08:10

Calendar start = Calendar.getInstance();

            int Year = DatePicker.getYear();
            int Month = DatePicker.getMonth();
            int Day = DatePicker.getDayOfMonth();

            start.set(Year, Month, Day);
    //      DayDatePicker.setDescendantFocusability(DatePicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

            Date periodDate = start.getTime();
            int daysToAdd = 280;
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,daysToAdd );
            System.err.println("-----" +cal.getTime());
            int AfterCalc = cal.getTime().getYear()+1900;
            System.err.println("-----" + AfterCalc);
            int AfterCalc2 = cal.getTime().getMonth();
            System.err.println("----" + AfterCalc2);

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 21 '20 at 05:09

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Best option for stopping manual editing in DatePickerDialog items is using set the descendantFocusability . You can add it in code or in your dialog style file.

Here is the implementation using style

answered Aug 21 '20 at 05:09

Habibur Rahman Ovie

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Android, is there any way to disable writing inside a date picker using keyboard?

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