Android API 21 22 datepicker year selection bug?

Question

I've implemented the "calendar view", i.e., lollipop version of Android's Datepicker. There's a difference between Android API 21 & 22 in the year selection of said datepicker when I click on "2015" to change the year:

using API21

using API22

I'm using a Nexus 5 simulator. I'm only seeing the current (2015) year entry in API22, whereas in API21, I can scroll through from ~1950 to ~2100. Same code and, as far as I can tell, same simulation settings.

I'm wondering if this is just a bug, if anyone else has encountered it, or has any tips for a workaround? I really like the calendar view that Lollipop offers so preferable if I can get this working right. Will update with any new information I find.

Have you tried explicitly calling `setMaxDate` and `setMinDate`? — Eugen Pechanec, May 12 '15 at 18:20
Thanks Eugen! That's what i tried eventually and it fixed. Much appreciated! — theOranguzang, May 12 '15 at 18:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '15 at 18:29

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Found a quick fix. Programmatically set the min and max dates of the DatePickerDialog object. I did so in the DatePickerFragment static class definition, so every instance of DatePickerDialog gets set:

DatePickerDialog datePickerDialog = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), YourActivityHere, year, month, day);
datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().getMinDate());
datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().getMaxDate());

You can also set this if you defined DatePickerDialog in an XML activity, but I'm not sure if the bug exists there.

answered May 12 '15 at 18:29

theOranguzang

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So setting the values that are already supposed to be there fixes it? Wicked :D – Eugen Pechanec May 12 '15 at 18:48
Use this link to file a bug report, otherwise they won't (also follow the instructions in the template): https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/entry?template=Developer%20bug%20report – Eugen Pechanec May 12 '15 at 19:03
3 years later, same issue :) and I'd like to see your answer marked as correct. – DoruChidean Aug 20 '15 at 09:03
@theOranguzang I am not able to scroll beyond 2100 year any idea why Android does that ? – user2234 Feb 20 '20 at 22:47

Android API 21 22 datepicker year selection bug?

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