How to display DatePicker in popupwindow in iPhone?

Question

I m newbie to objective-C

I want to display the UIDatePicker in a popup window after the button click ..

I have a button and when I click the button my popup should appear with DatePicker and later after chosing the date the popup should close and set the selected date in a textbox.

How can I do this ?

To create a datepicker I wrote this code ..

UIDatePicker *datePicker=[[[UIDatePicker alloc] init] autorelease];
datePicker.datePickerMode=UIDatePickerModeDate;
[self.view addSubview:datePicker];

But I do not know how to display it in a popup window on a button click ..?

Answer 1

Declaration in your .h file

UIActionSheet *aac;  
UIDatePicker *theDatePicker; 

Implementation in .m file

// Add the code after your comment

-(void)DatePickerDoneClick:(id)sender {

        NSDateFormatter *df=[[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init] autorelease];
        df.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy";
        NSArray *temp=[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[df stringFromDate:theDatePicker.date]] componentsSeparatedByString:@""];

        [dateString1 release];
        dateString1=nil;
        dateString1 = [[NSString alloc]initWithString:[temp objectAtIndex:0]];
    UITextField* BirthDayTxtLBl.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@" %@",dateString1];

NSString *theTime = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",BirthDayTxtLBl.text];
        NSLog(@"%@",theTime);
        [aac dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];



        }     





- (void)DatePickercancelClick:(id)sender{

    [aac dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];
}

-(IBAction)AddTheTimePicker:(id)sendar {

    aac = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:[self isViewPortrait]?@"\n\n":nil  delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:nil];
    theDatePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 44.0, 0.0, 0.0)];
    theDatePicker.datePickerMode=UIDatePickerModeDateAndTime;
    UIToolbar *pickerDateToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:[self isViewPortrait]?CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44):CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
    pickerDateToolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
    [pickerDateToolbar sizeToFit];

    NSMutableArray *barItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    UIBarButtonItem *doneBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:@selector(DatePickerDoneClick:)];
    //doneBtn.tag = tagID;
    [barItems addObject:doneBtn];


    UIBarButtonItem *flexSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:self action:nil];

    UILabel *toolBarItemlabel;
    if([self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown || [self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
        toolBarItemlabel= [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 180,30)];
    else
        toolBarItemlabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 200,30)];

    [toolBarItemlabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];  
    [toolBarItemlabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];   
    [toolBarItemlabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16]];    
    [toolBarItemlabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]]; 
    toolBarItemlabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Select Start Time"];

    UIBarButtonItem *buttonLabel =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:toolBarItemlabel];
    [toolBarItemlabel release]; 
    [barItems addObject:buttonLabel];   
    [buttonLabel release];  

    [barItems addObject:flexSpace];

    UIBarButtonItem *SelectBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel target:self action:@selector(DatePickercancelClick:)];
    [barItems addObject:SelectBtn];

    [pickerDateToolbar setItems:barItems animated:YES];
    [aac addSubview:pickerDateToolbar];
    [aac addSubview:theDatePicker];

    CGRect myImageRect = CGRectMake(0.0f, 300.0f, 320.0f, 175.0f);;
    [aac showFromRect:myImageRect inView:self.view animated:YES ];

    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    if([self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown || [self interfaceOrientation] == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
        [aac setBounds:CGRectMake(0,0,320, 464)];
    else
        [aac setBounds:CGRectMake(0,0,480, 400)];       

    [UIView commitAnimations];

}

// Add this if you wish to add support Orientation support for picker
  - (BOOL) isViewPortrait {
     UIInterfaceOrientation currentOrientation = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation;
     return (currentOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait || currentOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown);
}