Datepicker dialog must not select past date

Question

I am using datepicker dialog in my app. I dont want to select passed dates when user selects any date from Dialog. My code is here.

private DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener mdateSetListener = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {

    @Override
    public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int yr, int monthOfYear,
            int dayOfMonth) {
        year = yr;
        month = monthOfYear;
        day = dayOfMonth;
        updateDate();
    }
};

Update date sets the selected date to EditText. Is there any library method to prevent selecting past dates?

Thanks in Advance

you can always put an if on your button,forcing the person to re-enter a valid value — wazaminator, Jun 17 '13 at 07:17
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9494334/how-to-not-allow-user-select-past-date-in-datepicker — karthi, Jun 17 '13 at 07:20
view.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis()); try this in onDateSet(params) — Raghunandan, Jun 17 '13 at 07:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:19

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In update method your condition would be .Date class have before ,equals and after methods.Use them.

if(userdate.before(today) || userdate.equals(today)){
   //past date found
}

answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:19

Suresh Atta

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working on your concept. IF worked then wait for accepting. Thanks:) – Varun Vishnoi Jun 17 '13 at 07:24
@VarunVishnoi: Badshah has given a correct way to solve your problem. I have put here the working code which you can use. – Bhavesh Patadiya Jun 17 '13 at 07:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:21

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You can use: getDatePicker().setMaxDate(). Override onCreate() of Dialog and apply limits there.

answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:21

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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If using API 11 or greater, you can use DatePicker.setMinDate()

Check http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/DatePicker.html#setMinDate(long) for more info.

Also see setMinDate() for DatePicker doesn't work to see how to use it.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:22

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:32

if your application requires to run on API LEVEL 8+ then use below way to do it. put the relevant code inside yout onDateSet method.

@Override
    public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear,
            int dayOfMonth) {
String selected_date = dayOf + "-" + monthOf + "-" + year;

            Log.i(TAG, "Selected Date" + selected_date);
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
            Date strDate = null;
            try {
                strDate = sdf.parse(selected_date);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
            System.out.println("Current time => " + c.getTime());

            Date current_date = null;
            String formattedDate = sdf.format(c.getTime());
            try {
                current_date = sdf.parse(formattedDate);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }


            if (current_date.after(strDate)) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        "Please choose future date", 1).show();
            } else {

                mYear = String.valueOf(year);
                mMonth = String.valueOf(monthOfYear);
                mDay = String.valueOf(dayOfMonth);
                updateStartDate();

            }
       }

if your Application require to run on API LEVEL 11+ then use DatePicker.setMinDate(long) you can find more information HERE

not working bcz Selected Date17-5-2013 and Current time => Mon Jun 17 13:21:54 IST 2013... These cant be compared. — Varun Vishnoi, Jun 17 '13 at 07:54
@VarunVishnoi : seems you do not have tried my code.i have convert the current date in to same format as selected date before comparing it. you should look the code again and trying to run once in your project. — Bhavesh Patadiya, Jun 17 '13 at 07:58

Datepicker dialog must not select past date

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