CLOSED - Android DatePicker restrict max date

Question

I am trying to create a DatePicker in android for selecting Date of birth of a user. i want to set the year in a way that the age selected from the datepicker is greater than 18 years. For eg. if someone clicks on datetimepicker dialog, he/she should see max year as 1998 as its is equivalent to 18 years.

My code goes like:

            dobDatePicker = new DatePickerDialog(getContext(), AlertDialog.THEME_HOLO_LIGHT, new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
            public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
                Calendar newDate = Calendar.getInstance();
                newDate.set(year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth);
                candidateDob.setText(dateFormatter.format(newDate.getTime()));
            }
        },newCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR), newCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH), newCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
        dobDatePicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

so for now, the restriction is till the current date. Please help :)

You didn't even read code. He is already using setMaxDate – Wukash Aug 16 '16 at 08:32 — Wukash, Aug 16 '16 at 08:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '16 at 08:37

See these two lines:

newCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR), newCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH), newCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
dobDatePicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

You are setting the maxDate as the current year. Try something like this:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.add(Calendar.YEAR, -18);
dobDatePicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(c.getTime());

Wukash · Answer 2 · 2016-08-16T08:35:08.603

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dobDatePicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - (long) 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 18); But it doesn't take into account leap years, so there's probably some other trick with Calendar

edited Aug 16 '16 at 08:35

answered Aug 16 '16 at 08:33

Wukash

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He could also use the calendar but this answer seems legit – DennisVA Aug 16 '16 at 08:34
Thanks. this works :) – Adarsh Raj Aug 16 '16 at 08:42

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