I request the users date of birth on the sign up screen of my application. I can't figure out how to get a date of birth UIDatePicker
to display. I tried using the following code but it only displays the date and time:
UIDatePicker *dp = [[UIDatePicker alloc]init];
_textBirthday.inputView = dp;
Also, how would I set it so it only accepts users born after a certain year?
1) in the .h file of your view controller make sure you assign textfield delegate:
@interface YourViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
and also have an IBOutlet of the birthday Textfield
2) declare a date picker as a class variable to make it accessible from all different methods in class. in the .m file do the following after import and before implementation:
@interface YourViewController () {
UIDatePicker *datePicker;
}
@end
3) in viewdidload:
// make the textfield its own delegate
self.BirthdateTextfield.delegate = self;
// alloc/init your date picker, and (optional) set its initial date
datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc]init];
[datePicker setDate:[NSDate date]]; //this returns today's date
// theMinimumDate (which signifies the oldest a person can be) and theMaximumDate (defines the youngest a person can be) are the dates you need to define according to your requirements, declare them:
// the date string for the minimum age required (change according to your needs)
NSString *maxDateString = @"01-Jan-1996";
// the date formatter used to convert string to date
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
// the specific format to use
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"dd-MMM-yyyy";
// converting string to date
NSDate *theMaximumDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString: maxDateString];
// repeat the same logic for theMinimumDate if needed
// here you can assign the max and min dates to your datePicker
[datePicker setMaximumDate:theMaximumDate]; //the min age restriction
[datePicker setMinimumDate:theMinimumDate]; //the max age restriction (if needed, or else dont use this line)
// set the mode
[datePicker setDatePickerMode:UIDatePickerModeDate];
// update the textfield with the date everytime it changes with selector defined below
[datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(updateTextField:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
// and finally set the datePicker as the input mode of your textfield
[self.BirthdateTextfield setInputView:datePicker];
4) in same .m file, define the selector that will update textfield each time the date picker changes:
-(void)updateTextField:(id)sender {
UIDatePicker *picker = (UIDatePicker*)self.BirthdateTextfield.inputView;
self.BirthdateTextfield.text = [self formatDate:picker.date];
}
5) last but not least, this is the method called before assigning the date to the textfield.text (textfield.text needs a string not a date):
- (NSString *)formatDate:(NSDate *)date {
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MMM-yyyy"];
NSString *formattedDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
return formattedDate;
}
enjoy coding!
Use the following code you will get an output automatically:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
UIDatePicker *datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc]init];
[datePicker setDate:[NSDate date]];
datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate;
[datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(dateTextField:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
[self.dobTextField setInputView:datePicker];
}
-(void) dateTextField:(id)sender{
UIDatePicker *picker = (UIDatePicker*)self.dobTextField.inputView;
[picker setMaximumDate:[NSDate date]];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
NSDate *eventDate = picker.date;
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormat stringFromDate:eventDate];
self.dobTextField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",dateString];
}
Here is the Swift 4 code:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
showDatePicker()
}
//MARK: Show Date Picker
func showDatePicker(){
//Formate Date
datePicker.datePickerMode = .date
//ToolBar
let toolbar = UIToolbar();
toolbar.sizeToFit()
//done button & cancel button
let doneButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(donedatePicker))
let spaceButton = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .flexibleSpace, target: nil, action: nil)
let cancelButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Cancel", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(cancelDatePicker))
toolbar.setItems([cancelButton,spaceButton,doneButton], animated: false)
// add toolbar to textField
dateOfBirthTxtFldRef.inputAccessoryView = toolbar
// add datepicker to textField
dateOfBirthTxtFldRef.inputView = datePicker
}
@objc func donedatePicker(){
//For date formate
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "dd MMMM yyyy"
dateOfBirthTxtFldRef.text! = formatter.string(from: datePicker.date)
//dismiss date picker dialog
self.view.endEditing(true)
}
@objc func cancelDatePicker(){
//cancel button dismiss datepicker dialog
self.view.endEditing(true)
}
Set the datePickerMode
to UIDatePickerModeDate
.
datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate;
Apple Docs : The date picker displays months, days of the month, and years. The exact order of these items depends on the locale setting. An example of this mode is [ November | 15 | 2007 ]. Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
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