Setting MinDate on DatePicker moves CalendarView to 1964

Question

I\'m debugging an issue where the CalendarView in a DatePicker moves to October 1964 if there is a non-default minimum date set. This reproduces at

Answer 1

I agree with @laalto. The original CalendarView is a total mess. I also had problems with the locales, the font size on Android 4.1.2 (oh yeah and it was shifted down), the lack of accessibility features, etc. So I decided to copy the source code and implement my own calendar. For example, now the header text is displayed correctly.

/**
 * The source code has the Year 2038 problem and doesn't honor CalendarView's mCurrentLocale.
 */
private void setMonthDisplayed(Calendar calendar) {
    mMonthName.setText(DateFormat.format("MMMM, yyyy", calendar));
    mMonthName.invalidate();

    mCurrentMonthDisplayed = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    mAdapter.setFocusMonth(mCurrentMonthDisplayed);
}

/**
 * This imlementation formats the date correctly and uses the stand-alone form of a month (for the languages where it's important).
 */
private void setMonthDisplayed(Calendar calendar) {
    mMonthName.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("LLLL yyyy", mCurrentLocale).format(calendar.getTime()));
    mMonthName.invalidate();

    mCurrentMonthDisplayed = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    mAdapter.setFocusMonth(mCurrentMonthDisplayed);
}