Setting time and date to date picker and time picker in android

Question

I am using a date picker and time picker in my application. I want to set the date and time when the page loads. Is this possible? How so?

Answer 1

There is a updateDate method for the DatePicker.

Here is what I use in one of my app, not using a dialog:

//set datePicker to position
String date_saved = project_row.getString(
    project_row.getColumnIndex("project_startdate"));

int day  = Integer.parseInt(date_saved.substring(0,2));
int year = Integer.parseInt(date_saved.substring(5,9));
String month = date_saved.substring(2,5);
int month_code = getMonthInt(month);

project_startdate_data = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.project_startdate_data);
project_startdate_data.updateDate(year, month_code, day);

where project_row is my cursor, and the date is saved in the column project_startdate like 22MAY2012

and you need this:

private int getMonthInt(String month) {
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("JAN")) return 0;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("FEB")) return 1;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("MAR")) return 2;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("APR")) return 3;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("MAY")) return 4;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("JUN")) return 5;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("JUL")) return 6;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("AUG")) return 7;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("SEP")) return 8;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("OCT")) return 9;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("NOV")) return 10;
    if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("DEC")) return 11;

    //return -1 if month code not found
    return -1;
}