How to set minimum date for "ToDate" on datepicker as per the "FromDate" i chosed on another datepicker

Question

In brief, I have two date pickers (From, To). Where I choose "FromDate" and "ToDate" up to the current date.

If I choose 2019-04-04 to "FromDate" and when I choose "ToDate", it should hide the dates which are before "FromDate". How can I achieve this?

mFromEditTextBox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        DatePickerDialog fromPicker = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), date, myCalendar
                .get(Calendar.YEAR), myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));

        fromPicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 1000);
        fromPicker.show();

        clickedView = (EditText) v;
    }
});

mToEditTextBox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        DatePickerDialog toPicker = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), date, myCalendar
                .get(Calendar.YEAR), myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
        toPicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis()-1000);
        toPicker.show();
        clickedView = (EditText) v;
    }
});

Lakshan Dissanayake · Answer 1 · 2019-04-20T06:38:13.677

0

You need to set a minimum date for toDate picker

mToEditTextBox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        DatePickerDialog toPicker = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), date, myCalendar
                .get(Calendar.YEAR), myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));

        //set min date
        Date fromDate = parseFromDate();
        if (fromDate != null){
            toPicker.getDatePicker().setMinDate(fromDate.getTime());
        }

        toPicker.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(System.currentTimeMillis()-1000);
        toPicker.show();
        clickedView = (EditText) v;
    }
});

// returns date selected in mFromEditTextBox
private Date parseFromDate(){
    try{
        SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("date format you used");
        return f.parse(mFromEditTextBox.getText().toString());
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        // from date is not selected
        // alert user to select from date
        return null;
    }
}

DatePicker

Hope this helps!

edited Apr 20 '19 at 06:38

answered Apr 20 '19 at 05:26

Lakshan Dissanayake

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i got "cannot resolve symbol parseDate" for return f.parseDate(mFromEditTextBox.getText().toString()); I tried making it as parse but its not working as required – Abhishek Apr 20 '19 at 06:10
And i am getting the selected "FromDate" in the "ToDate" datepicker but the before dates are not getting disabled – Abhishek Apr 20 '19 at 06:17
@Abhishek actually it's not parseDate, just parse. I'll update the answer – Lakshan Dissanayake Apr 20 '19 at 06:37
kindly refer my other comment above – Abhishek Apr 20 '19 at 06:44
Are you sure that parseFromDate returns a date? – Lakshan Dissanayake Apr 20 '19 at 07:05
yes it is returning a date, once the date is chosed. But in my case i am displaying current date on page load – Abhishek Apr 20 '19 at 09:17
Does it returns current date if from date is not selected? – Lakshan Dissanayake Apr 20 '19 at 09:22
Not sure why the solution is not working, BTW there is an opensource alternative to android date picker dialog. just have a look at https://github.com/square/android-times-square – Lakshan Dissanayake Apr 20 '19 at 09:37

How to set minimum date for "ToDate" on datepicker as per the "FromDate" i chosed on another datepicker

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