Kitchen Sink Date Picker Slow

[phil...@gmail.com]

I sent the KitchenSink demo to my Android (Galaxy S4) as-is, but I notice that the Date picker does not provide a smooth scrolling experience.

Any insight into this?

Thanks!

[Shai Almog]

It has some issues for some cases that we aren't really clear about.
I would use the Picker component for newer code, it uses the native picking functionality on Android/iOS.

[dgoyet...@gmail.com]

Shai,

What control are you referring to, the DateSpinner?   Is there a component that uses the native IOS or Android date picker controls, if so, what is the component called?

Dave

[Shai Almog]

If you would have followed the mailing list/blog you would have known: http://www.codenameone.com/3/post/2013/11/spinning-natively-and-windows-bug.html

[David Goyette]

Shai, I've seen this article in the past, but when I look at the kitchen sink, all I see is a DateSpinner being instantiated in the components section?   Is this the "picker" that you are referring to?  I didn't think so, because the article mentions something that looks like a text field that you need to click on.  The article doesn't mention the name of the picker class.

My understanding from this article is that I instantiate a date "picker" class, and if a native picker is available, it uses that, otherwise, it uses your implementation of the DateSpinner?

Sorry if I'm being dense.  I looked through the docs and didn't see any reference to picker classes, but again, I may be looking in the wrong place.

Dave  

[Philip Iyobose Eki]

It was a spinner I saw.

[Shai Almog]

The Picker class will create a text field like entry, when its clicked a native dialog/popup will come up containing the native spinner or one of our dialogs/spinners depending on platform availability.
Its the Picker class within the Spinner package.

[David Goyette]

Sorry Shai, but I don't see the Picker class in the javadoc, or in the KitchenSink that I have.  Is it in the current released software?  Is there an example of its use (again, I don't see it in the source of the latest kitchen sink that I've downloaded).

Dave

[Shai Almog]

Its not in the Kitchen Sink its in the current API.

[dgoyet...@gmail.com]

I went back and implemented this finally, but have a couple of questions:

- This currently brings up a spinner on IOS 7.  Is there any way to get it to bring up a standard calendar type control?

- How do I know when a new date has been selected and the picker has been closed?  In the case of the user selecting the current date, I would like to override and set the text to "Today".  I guess I could derive the class and intercept the "setDate" method I guess.

Dave 

[Shai Almog]

The iOS 7 calendar uses a Spinner. I'm not exactly sure what you are talking about?

The method is blocking so it will return when the dialog is dismissed.