Android TimePicker is a user interface control for selecting the time in either 24-hour format or AM/PM mode. It is used to ensure that users pick a valid time for the day in our application.
In android, TimePicker is available in two modes first one is clock mode and another one is spinner mode. In this article, we should create TimePicker widget programmatically in Kotlin file.
First we create a new project by following the below steps:
- Click on File, then New => New Project.
- After that include the Kotlin support and click on next.
- Select the minimum SDK as per convenience and click next button.
- Then select the Empty activity => next => finish.
Modify activity_main.xml file
In this file, we use the LinearLayout inside the RelativeLayout, which is going to be accessed in the Kotlin file. Also set the attribute of the Layout like id, orientation etc.
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
< RelativeLayout
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
tools:context = ".MainActivity" >
< LinearLayout
android:id = "@+id/linear_layout"
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content"
android:orientation = "vertical" >
</ LinearLayout >
</ RelativeLayout >
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Update strings.xml file
Here, we update the name of the application using the string tag.
< resources >
< string name = "app_name" >DynamicTimePickerInKotlin</ string >
</ resources >
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Create TimePicker in MainActivity.kt file
First, we declare two variables txtView and timePicker to create the widgets.
val txtView = TextView(this) val timePicker = TimePicker(this)
then, we should add them into the Linearlayout using
val linearLayout = findViewById(R.id.linear_layout) linearLayout?.addView(timePicker) linearLayout?.addView(txtView)
How to display time and its Logic already covered in previous topic.
package com.geeksforgeeks.myfirstKotlinapp
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.LinearLayout
import android.widget.TextView
import android.widget.TimePicker
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super .onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
//create textView from XML file
val txtView = TextView( this )
// create TimePicker programmatically
val timePicker = TimePicker( this )
val layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)
timePicker.layoutParams = layoutParams
timePicker.setOnTimeChangedListener { _, hour, minute ->
var hour = hour
var am_pm = ""
// AM_PM decider logic
when {hour == 0 -> { hour += 12
am_pm = "AM"
}
hour == 12 -> am_pm = "PM"
hour > 12 -> { hour -= 12
am_pm = "PM"
}
else -> am_pm = "AM"
}
if (txtView != null ) {
val hour = if (hour < 10 ) "0$hour" else hour
val min = if (minute < 10 ) "0$minute" else minute
// display format of time
val msg = "Time is: $hour : $min $am_pm"
txtView.text = msg
txtView.visibility = ViewGroup.VISIBLE
}
}
val linearLayout = findViewById<LinearLayout>(R.id.linear_layout)
linearLayout?.addView(timePicker)
linearLayout?.addView(txtView)
}
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AndroidManifest.xml file
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
package = "com.geeksforgeeks.myfirstKotlinapp" >
< application
android:allowBackup = "true"
android:icon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label = "@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl = "true"
android:theme = "@style/AppTheme" >
< activity android:name = ".MainActivity" >
< intent-filter >
< action android:name = "android.intent.action.MAIN" />
< category android:name = "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</ intent-filter >
</ activity >
</ application >
</ manifest >
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Run as Emulator:
We can change the view by clicking on the icon in left bottom. To use text TimePicker click on keyboard icon and to use the Clock we should click on the clock icon.