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T Race
T Race

Reputation: 125

What is an Alternative to the UIPickerView from IOS in android?

I am trying to reproduce the IOS UIPickerView functionality but in android.

In IOS you can set this UIPickerView as an input type of the keyboard. I need this same type of interaction but in android.

UPDATE: When I say input type I mean the UIPickerView simply replaces the keyboard view. So if a textfield were clicked the UIPickerView would open instead of the Keyboard. Hope that clears stuff up!

Upvotes: 7

Views: 7041

Answers (3)

Patricio Dillon
Patricio Dillon

Reputation: 1

You can use a number picker, if you're looking for a similar feel. Just make sure to add a personalized style as theme (or else it will take your app theme as default) and add a formatter to the number picker. You'll run into some trouble on the first render (it won't show the first value until you scroll), just use the solution provided here: Android NumberPicker with Formatter doesn't format on first rendering

You can also put it into a cardview like in the image, it looks tidy enough. formatted number picker screenshot

Ps.: Actually you can modify several fields, but you have to acces the class fields/methods. To do so, do as this exmaple code.

public void setNumberPickerDivider (NumberPicker picker) {
    Field[] fields = NumberPicker.class.getDeclaredFields();
    for(Field f:fields){
        if(f.getName().equals("mSelectionDividerHeight")){
            f.setAccessible(true);
            try {
                f.set(picker,1);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            break;
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Kai
Kai

Reputation: 1769

I would suggest making a layout with multiple pickers, that way you can have as many as you need and initialise them with any values you require.

The below layout will give you two spinners side by side similar to the iOS UIPickerView.

I've posted a link to my github repo at the bottom with a simple example showing how to use 3 spinners, one for minutes, hours and days that should help you (Or anyone else coming from iOS with the same question) can use as a base to get started.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/multispinner">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingRight="10dp">

        <Spinner
            android:id="@+id/spinner1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"/>

        <Spinner
            android:id="@+id/spinner2"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp" />

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

My simple multiple picker example

Upvotes: 0

tyczj
tyczj

Reputation: 73936

not sure exactly what you mean by

as an inputtype of the keyboard

but the android equivalent to that image would be the TimePickerDialog

Update

If you want that picker type of UI you have 3 options for pickers, the TimePicker, DatePicker or the NumberPicker obviously the first 2 are out so you are left with the NumberPicker with the number picker you can populate it with the numbers you want (inches) and then another for feet

I suggest you take a quicl look at the Pickers article https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers.html

Upvotes: 2

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