How to create a number picker dialog?

Question

I want to be able to create a Dialog that allows the user to pick a number from a specified range.

I know that there are existing widgets(like those from quietlycoding and the one by SimonVT) that already does this but I'm having hard time integrating those properly into my application. Also, those are primarily widgets. I want something that is very similar to the one in the android developers page tutorials.

I also checked the documentation for the NumberPicker and it said to go check the TimePicker and DatePicker for examples but they only show how to use Time and Date pickers and I'm having a hard time feeling my way around the code and trying to convert the Time Picker to just a normal Number Picker. Does anyone have any idea where to start? I've been looking for solutions for the last 3 hours to no avail.

Answer 1

I have made a small demo of NumberPicker. This may not be perfect but you can use and modify the same.

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener
{
    private static TextView tv;
    static Dialog d ;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
        Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button11);
         b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
         {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                 show();
            }
            });
           }
     @Override
    public void onValueChange(NumberPicker picker, int oldVal, int newVal) {

         Log.i("value is",""+newVal);

     }

    public void show()
    {

         final Dialog d = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);
         d.setTitle("NumberPicker");
         d.setContentView(R.layout.dialog);
         Button b1 = (Button) d.findViewById(R.id.button1);
         Button b2 = (Button) d.findViewById(R.id.button2);
         final NumberPicker np = (NumberPicker) d.findViewById(R.id.numberPicker1);
         np.setMaxValue(100);
         np.setMinValue(0);
         np.setWrapSelectorWheel(false);
         np.setOnValueChangedListener(this);
         b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
         {
          @Override
          public void onClick(View v) {
              tv.setText(String.valueOf(np.getValue()));
              d.dismiss();
           }    
          });
         b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
         {
          @Override
          public void onClick(View v) {
              d.dismiss();
           }    
          });
       d.show();


    }
}

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button11"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:text="Open" />

</RelativeLayout>

dialog.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <NumberPicker
        android:id="@+id/numberPicker1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="64dp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/numberPicker1"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="98dp"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/numberPicker1"
        android:text="Cancel" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/numberPicker1"
        android:text="Set" />

</RelativeLayout>

Edit:

under res/values/dimens.xml

<resources>

    <!-- Default screen margins, per the Android Design guidelines. -->
    <dimen name="activity_horizontal_margin">16dp</dimen>
    <dimen name="activity_vertical_margin">16dp</dimen>

</resources>

Answer 2

To show NumberPicker in AlertDialog use this code :

final AlertDialog.Builder d = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
LayoutInflater inflater = this.getLayoutInflater();
View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.number_picker_dialog, null);
d.setTitle("Title");
d.setMessage("Message");
d.setView(dialogView);
final NumberPicker numberPicker = (NumberPicker) dialogView.findViewById(R.id.dialog_number_picker);
numberPicker.setMaxValue(50);
numberPicker.setMinValue(1);
numberPicker.setWrapSelectorWheel(false);
numberPicker.setOnValueChangedListener(new NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onValueChange(NumberPicker numberPicker, int i, int i1) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onValueChange: ");
    }
});
d.setPositiveButton("Done", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onClick: " + numberPicker.getValue());
    }
});
d.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
    }
});
AlertDialog alertDialog = d.create();
alertDialog.show();

number_picker_dialog.xml

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">

<NumberPicker
    android:id="@+id/dialog_number_picker"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 3

Consider using a Spinner instead of a Number Picker in a Dialog. It's not exactly what was asked for, but it's much easier to implement, more contextual UI design, and should fulfill most use cases. The equivalent code for a Spinner is:

Spinner picker = new Spinner(this);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, yourStringList);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
picker.setAdapter(adapter);

Answer 4

For kotlin lovers.

fun numberPickerCustom() {
    val d = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
    val inflater = this.layoutInflater
    val dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.number_picker_dialog, null)
    d.setTitle("Title")
    d.setMessage("Message")
    d.setView(dialogView)
    val numberPicker = dialogView.findViewById<NumberPicker>(R.id.dialog_number_picker)
    numberPicker.maxValue = 15
    numberPicker.minValue = 1
    numberPicker.wrapSelectorWheel = false
    numberPicker.setOnValueChangedListener { numberPicker, i, i1 -> println("onValueChange: ") }
    d.setPositiveButton("Done") { dialogInterface, i ->
        println("onClick: " + numberPicker.value)       
        }
    d.setNegativeButton("Cancel") { dialogInterface, i -> }
    val alertDialog = d.create()
    alertDialog.show()
}

and number_picker_dialog.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal">

    <NumberPicker
        android:id="@+id/dialog_number_picker"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 5

A Simple Example:

layout/billing_day_dialog.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <NumberPicker
        android:id="@+id/number_picker"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/apply_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/number_picker"
        android:text="Apply" />

</RelativeLayout>

NumberPickerActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.NumberPicker;

public class NumberPickerActivity extends Activity 
{

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
  {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.billing_day_dialog);
    NumberPicker np = (NumberPicker)findViewById(R.id.number_picker);
    np.setMinValue(1);// restricted number to minimum value i.e 1
    np.setMaxValue(31);// restricked number to maximum value i.e. 31
    np.setWrapSelectorWheel(true); 

    np.setOnValueChangedListener(new NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener() 
    {

      @Override
      public void onValueChange(NumberPicker picker, int oldVal, int newVal) 
      {

       // TODO Auto-generated method stub

       String Old = "Old Value : ";

       String New = "New Value : ";

      }
    });

     Log.d("NumberPicker", "NumberPicker");

   }

}/* NumberPickerActivity */

AndroidManifest.xml : Specify theme for the activity as dialogue theme.

<activity
  android:name="org.npn.analytics.call.NumberPickerActivity"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Dialog"
  android:label="@string/title_activity_number_picker" >
</activity>

Hope it will help.