Using Kit Kat DatePicker in Lollipop Device

Question

I'm trying to show a DatePickerDialog in my apps. But I realized that the DatePickerDialog that show up depends on the phone OS. My question is how can I show KitKat style DatePicker in Lollipop OS? I know this is possible because some apps like Facebook is using it.

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Matter Cat · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29T00:58:42.677

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Try android:calendarViewShown="false" and android:datePickerMode="spinner" in the datepicker xml. I believe the former is for Kitkat and below, while datePickerMode applies to Lollipop.

edited Apr 29 '15 at 00:58

answered Apr 28 '15 at 07:54

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Currently I'm using DatePickerDialog, is there a way to set the mode or I must create a custom dialog? – Gabyola Lim Apr 28 '15 at 08:21
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It works! I'm using DatePicker in custom Dialog. Thanks a lot – Gabyola Lim Apr 28 '15 at 09:27
i am unable to find any method in datePickerDialog that sets the calendar view shown from the code – Vivek Pratap Singh Jul 04 '16 at 13:43
@VivekPratapSingh mDatePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setCalendarViewShown(false); – Zafer Celaloglu Oct 17 '16 at 13:06
but this is deprecated with API 24 – Zafer Celaloglu Oct 17 '16 at 14:14
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the answer is not working on my device, I want to show the datepicker as showen in kitkat in my lolipop device. I did mDatePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setCalendarViewShown(false‌); but unable to see any change the new calendar of lolipop is coming on my screen. – HAXM Nov 02 '16 at 10:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 16 '17 at 08:05

Finally I resolve that problem , you need to use theme with

<style name="Theme.Transparent" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item>
    <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">true</item>
</style>

with

android:calendarViewShown="false"
android:datePickerMode="spinner"

then it shows kitkat version in lolipop phone if u need some some the mail me any time

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Using Kit Kat DatePicker in Lollipop Device

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