What is the correct way to add date picker in flutter app?

Solution 1:

A simple app showcasing its use:

import 'dart:async';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      home: MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  MyHomePage({Key key, this.title}) : super(key: key);

  final String title;

  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  DateTime selectedDate = DateTime.now();

  Future<void> _selectDate(BuildContext context) async {
    final DateTime picked = await showDatePicker(
        context: context,
        initialDate: selectedDate,
        firstDate: DateTime(2015, 8),
        lastDate: DateTime(2101));
    if (picked != null && picked != selectedDate)
      setState(() {
        selectedDate = picked;
      });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: Column(
          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
          children: <Widget>[
            Text("${selectedDate.toLocal()}".split(' ')[0]),
            SizedBox(height: 20.0,),
            RaisedButton(
              onPressed: () => _selectDate(context),
              child: Text('Select date'),
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

And a Dartpad with it:

https://dartpad.dev/e5a99a851ae747e517b75ac221b73529

Solution 2:

Flutter provides showDatePicker function to achieve this. It is part of flutter material library.

You can find complete documentation at showDatePicker.

You can also find implemented example here: Date and Time Picker

Solution 3:

Simple way is use CupertinoDatePicker class:

First import its package which building in flutter:

import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';

Then just add this widget in your form:

            Container(
              height: 200,
              child: CupertinoDatePicker(
                mode: CupertinoDatePickerMode.date,
                initialDateTime: DateTime(1969, 1, 1),
                onDateTimeChanged: (DateTime newDateTime) {
                  // Do something
                },
              ),
            ),

The result will be as this image:

Also you can change mode to (dateAndTime,time)... for example this for dateAndTime mode:

            Container(
              height: 200,
              child: CupertinoDatePicker(
                mode: CupertinoDatePickerMode.dateAndTime,
                initialDateTime: DateTime(1969, 1, 1, 11, 33),
                onDateTimeChanged: (DateTime newDateTime) {
                  //Do Some thing
                },
                use24hFormat: false,
                minuteInterval: 1,
              ),
            ),

The result will be as this image:

Solution 4:

for time picker-

Declare this variable at class level

TimeOfDay selectedTime =TimeOfDay.now();

and call this method:-

Future<Null> _selectTime(BuildContext context) async {
    final TimeOfDay picked_s = await showTimePicker(
        context: context,
        initialTime: selectedTime, builder: (BuildContext context, Widget child) {
           return MediaQuery(
             data: MediaQuery.of(context).copyWith(alwaysUse24HourFormat: false),
            child: child,
          );});

    if (picked_s != null && picked_s != selectedTime )
      setState(() {
        selectedTime = picked_s;
      });
  }