BlackBerry:Built-in Date Picker API?

Question

In my application screen, i am having a field, where user can to choose his DateOfBirth. I want to popup any built-in "Date" calendar or some built-in Date picker to user, so that it will look professional. As i'm new to this development, i wanted to know there is any code sample available to popoup the built-in Date Picker? Note: I also want to store the selectable Date by user after selecting it in my existing persistent storage.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Answer 1

For a native date picker, you can use the DateField, such as:

DateField dateField = new DateField("Date of Birth: ",DateField.DATE);

If you want this to 'pop up' you will have to add this to a dialog, unless there is a native component to do this. You can then query this field for its date, it returns a date object:

Date date = dateField.getDate();

See Date Field

Answer 2

You probably want to use DateTimePicker. That way you don't have to go through the hassle of creating a DateField and adding it to a Dialog.

DateTimePicker datePicker = DateTimePicker.getInstance();
datePicker.doModal();
Calendar cal = datePicker.getDateTime();