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change the colour of DatePicker [Xamarin.Forms]


is there any way to change the background colour of the DatePicker control while showing a calendar view? Please check the attached screenshot. enter image description here


Solution

  • Add the following to your style.xml file:

    <item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">@style/AppCompatDialogStyle</item>
    
    <style name="AppCompatDialogStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
            <item name="colorAccent">#2196F3</item>
    </style>
    

    Complete XML:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <resources>
    <style name="MyTheme" parent="MyTheme.Base">
    </style>
    <!-- Base theme applied no matter what API -->
    <style name="MyTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!--If you are using revision 22.1 please use just windowNoTitle. Without android:-->
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <!--We will be using the toolbar so no need to show ActionBar-->
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <!-- Set theme colors from http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-color-palette-->
        <!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">#2196F3</item>
        <!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#2196F3</item>
        <!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated
         which is used to tint widgets -->
        <item name="colorAccent">#2196F3</item>
        <!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
         colorControlHighlight and colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->
        <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
        <item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">@style/AppCompatDialogStyle</item>
    </style>
    <style name="AppCompatDialogStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
        <item name="colorAccent">#2196F3</item>
    </style>
    <style name="MyDatePickerStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.DatePicker">
        <item name="android:headerBackground">#2196F3</item>
    </style>
    <style name="MyDatePickerDialogTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light.Dialog">
        <item name="android:datePickerStyle">@style/MyDatePickerStyle</item>
    </style>
    

    UPDATE

    For the timepicker:

    <style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="android:timePickerDialogTheme">@style/TimePickerDialogTheme</item>
    

    Then set the timePickerDialogTheme and set the timePickerStyle:

    <style name="TimePickerDialogTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="colorAccent">#ff6d3024</item>
    <item name="android:timePickerStyle">@style/TimePickerDialogStyle</item> 
    

    Now you can create the style.xml:

    <style name="TimePickerDialogStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.TimePicker">
    <item name="colorAccent">#ff6d3024</item>
    <item name="android:timePickerMode">clock</item>
    <item name="android:headerBackground">#ff6d3024</item>
    <item name="android:headerTimeTextAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.TimePickerDialogStyle.TimeLabel</item> <!-- TimePicker Time *TextAppearance* -->
    <item name="android:numbersTextColor">#ff000000</item>
    <item name="android:numbersSelectorColor">#ff6d3024</item>
    <item name="android:numbersBackgroundColor">#ffdddddd</item>