Android DatePicker change to only Month and Year

As i recently stumbled across this problem myself, i tested multiple solutions from this post and similar questions on Stackoverflow.

Unfortunately i found no working solution especially for Android 5+

I ended up with implementing my own simple DialogFragment embedding two NumberPickers. This should be compatible with all versions from 3.0 and upwards.

Here is the code:

  public class MonthYearPickerDialog extends DialogFragment {  private static final int MAX_YEAR = 2099;  private DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener listener;  public void setListener(DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener listener) {    this.listener = listener;  }  @Override  public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());    // Get the layout inflater    LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();    View dialog = inflater.inflate(R.layout.date_picker_dialog, null);    final NumberPicker monthPicker = (NumberPicker) dialog.findViewById(R.id.picker_month);    final NumberPicker yearPicker = (NumberPicker) dialog.findViewById(R.id.picker_year);    monthPicker.setMinValue(0);    monthPicker.setMaxValue(11);    monthPicker.setValue(cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));    int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);    yearPicker.setMinValue(year);    yearPicker.setMaxValue(MAX_YEAR);    yearPicker.setValue(year);    builder.setView(dialog)        // Add action buttons        .setPositiveButton(R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {          @Override          public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {            listener.onDateSet(null, yearPicker.getValue(), monthPicker.getValue(), 0);          }        })        .setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {          public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {            MonthYearPickerDialog.this.getDialog().cancel();          }        });    return builder.create();  }}

And the layout

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"              android:layout_width="fill_parent"              android:layout_height="fill_parent"              android:orientation="vertical">    <LinearLayout        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_gravity="center"        android:orientation="horizontal">        <NumberPicker            android:id="@+id/picker_month"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"            android:layout_marginRight="20dp">        </NumberPicker>        <NumberPicker            android:id="@+id/picker_year"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content">        </NumberPicker>    </LinearLayout></LinearLayout>

To show the layout use:

MonthYearPickerDialog pd = new MonthYearPickerDialog();pd.setListener(this);pd.show(getFragmentManager(), "MonthYearPickerDialog");

I don't recommend using Reflection to do this kind of thing.

There is a simpler and more pretty way to do so:

((ViewGroup) datePickerDialog.getDatePicker()).findViewById(Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier("day", "id", "android")).setVisibility(View.GONE);

Be aware that .getDatePicker() method from DatePickerDialog works on API LEVEL >= 11.

In addition it does not work on API LEVEL >= 21.

Try the following code. It will show a DatePicker with only the year and month (without day)

private DatePickerDialog createDialogWithoutDateField() {        DatePickerDialog dpd = new DatePickerDialog(this, null, 2014, 1, 24);        try {            java.lang.reflect.Field[] datePickerDialogFields = dpd.getClass().getDeclaredFields();            for (java.lang.reflect.Field datePickerDialogField : datePickerDialogFields) {                if (datePickerDialogField.getName().equals("mDatePicker")) {                    datePickerDialogField.setAccessible(true);                    DatePicker datePicker = (DatePicker) datePickerDialogField.get(dpd);                    java.lang.reflect.Field[] datePickerFields = datePickerDialogField.getType().getDeclaredFields();                    for (java.lang.reflect.Field datePickerField : datePickerFields) {                        Log.i("test", datePickerField.getName());                        if ("mDaySpinner".equals(datePickerField.getName())) {                            datePickerField.setAccessible(true);                            Object dayPicker = datePickerField.get(datePicker);                            ((View) dayPicker).setVisibility(View.GONE);                        }                    }                }            }        }         catch (Exception ex) {        }        return dpd;    }

This method returns a date picker dialog. So , in your button's onClick method add the following code to display your dialog.

createDialogWithoutDateField().show();