Open UIDatePicker programmatically in iOS 14

Question

I have this normal UIDatePicker (sorry that it\'s not in English, please ignore that):

Answer 1

Define these variables

var datePicker: UIDatePicker!
var datePickerConstraints = [NSLayoutConstraint]()
var blurEffectView: UIView!

Then create a function showDatePicker() that you call to trigger the display of the UIDatePicker. First, create a subview with the same size of his parent View and give it a blur effect. Then add the UIDatePicker, as a subview on top of the blurred view.

   func showDatePicker() {
        datePicker = UIDatePicker()
        datePicker?.date = Date()
        datePicker?.locale = .current
        datePicker?.preferredDatePickerStyle = .inline
        datePicker?.addTarget(self, action: #selector(dateSet), for: .valueChanged)
        addDatePickerToSubview()
    }

    func addDatePickerToSubview() {
        guard let datePicker = datePicker else { return }
        // Give the background Blur Effect
        let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: UIBlurEffect.Style.regular)
        blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: blurEffect)
        blurEffectView.frame = self.view.bounds
        blurEffectView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
        self.view.addSubview(blurEffectView)
        self.view.addSubview(datePicker)
        datePicker.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        centerDatePicker()
        view.bringSubviewToFront(datePicker)
    }

    func centerDatePicker() {
        guard let datePicker = datePicker else { return }
        // Center the Date Picker
        datePickerConstraints.append(datePicker.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerYAnchor))
        datePickerConstraints.append(datePicker.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.centerXAnchor))
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate(datePickerConstraints)
    }

And finally, once a date a selected in the UIDatePicker

 @objc func dateSet() {
        // Get the date from the Date Picker and put it in a Text Field
        compactDatePicker.date = datePicker.date
        blurEffectView.removeFromSuperview()
        datePicker.removeFromSuperview()
    }

Not entirely sure about the blurr effect so hopefully someone can build on this solution.