android number picker default design changes in jelly bean and ice-cream sandwitch

Denny picture Denny · Aug 1, 2013 · Viewed 21.9k times · Source

i've created an android application which displays a number picker, it all works fine...but the problem is with the design....when i run the application in gingerbread the number picker looks fine good....but when i run the same stuff in ice-cream sandwich and jelly bean the number picker design is been altered just like as shown below.

can anyone please tell me how to retain the default number-picker design that is in gingerbread in jelly bean

when runs in ice-cream sandwich and jelly bean

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when runs in ginger-bread

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i'm using a custom dialog box within which the number picker is placed, the code is as given below

import android.app.Activity; 
import android.app.Dialog; 
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable; 
import android.os.Bundle; 
import android.view.View; 
import android.view.Window; 
import android.widget.Button; 
import android.widget.NumberPicker; 

public class QuantityChangeDialog extends Dialog implements android.view.View.OnClickListener { 

public Activity c; 
public Dialog d; 
public Button save, cancel; 
NumberPicker np; 

public QuantityChangeDialog(Activity a) { 
super(a); 
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub 
this.c = a; 
} 


@Override 
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); 
this.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT)); 
setContentView(R.layout.selecteditem_dialog); 
save = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_save); 
cancel = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_cancel); 
save.setOnClickListener(this); 
cancel.setOnClickListener(this); 
np = (NumberPicker) findViewById(R.id.qntypicker); 
np.setMaxValue(120); 
np.setMinValue(1); 
np.setValue(3); 

} 

@Override 
public void onClick(View v) { 
switch (v.getId()) { 
case R.id.btn_save: 
c.finish(); 
break; 
case R.id.btn_cancel: 
dismiss(); 
break; 
default: 
break; 
} 
dismiss(); 
} 
}

Answer

Raghunandan picture Raghunandan · Aug 1, 2013

Quoting from docs

If the current theme is derived from Theme the widget presents the current value as an editable input field with an increment button above and a decrement button below. Long pressing the buttons allows for a quick change of the current value. Tapping on the input field allows to type in a desired value.

You need to set your theme that is derieved from Theme like fro example Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen

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:theme = "@style/cust_dialog"
    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>

Then to display custom dialog

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener
{
    private  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);
        tv.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                       tv.setTextColor(Color.RED);
                }
                else if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
                        // set to normal color
                     tv.setTextColor(0);  
                }

                return true;
            }


            });
        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(this,R.style.cust_dialog);
         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();


    }
}

Styles.xml

</style>
  <style name="cust_dialog" parent="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"> 
</style>

Snap Shot

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