1page.title=Pickers 2page.tags=datepicker,timepicker 3@jd:body 4 5<a class="notice-developers" href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers.html"> 6 <div> 7 <h3>Developer Docs</h3> 8 <p>Pickers</p> 9 </div> 10</a> 11 12<p itemprop="description">Pickers provide a simple way to select a single value from a set. In addition to touching the 13up/down arrow buttons, it's possible to set the desired value from the keyboard or via a swipe 14gesture.</p> 15 16<div class="layout-content-row"> 17 <div class="layout-content-col span-6"> 18 19 <img src="{@docRoot}design/media/picker_space.png"> 20 21 </div> 22 <div class="layout-content-col span-6"> 23 24<h4>Space considerations</h4> 25<p>Pickers can be used inline on a form, but their relatively large footprint is best suited for 26display in a dialog. For inline display, consider using more compact controls such as text fields or 27spinners.</p> 28 29 </div> 30</div> 31 32<h2 id="date-time">Date and time pickers</h2> 33 34<p>Android provides these as ready-to-use dialogs. Each picker is a dialog with a set of controls for 35entering the parts of the date (month, day, year) or time (hour, minute, AM/PM). Using these in your 36app helps ensure that a user's specification of a data or time input is valid and formatted 37correctly. The format of a time and date picker adjusts automatically to the locale.</p> 38 39<img src="{@docRoot}design/media/picker_datetime.png"> 40 41
