In my app, the user needs to select a time manually for a task, but I do not know what is the correct way to use time picker in flutter app and select the time(of a day) manually by the user.
In my app, the user needs to select a time manually for a task, but I do not know what is the correct way to use time picker in flutter app and select the time(of a day) manually by the user.
First declare this variable at the class level,
TimeOfDay selectedTime = TimeOfDay.now();
and then call this method -
Future<void> _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;
});
}
This code will shows a dialog containing a material design time picker.
Note that a showTimePicker is Future. So, you need to use await to get a time.
TimeOfDay initialTime = TimeOfDay.now();
TimeOfDay pickedTime = await showTimePicker(
context: context,
initialTime: initialTime,
);
Also you could customize your time picker using builder property inside the showTimePicker
TimeOfDay initialTime = TimeOfDay.now();
TimeOfDay pickedTime = await showTimePicker(
context: context,
initialTime: initialTime,
builder: (BuildContext context, Widget child) {
return Directionality(
textDirection: TextDirection.rtl,
child: child,
);
},
);
You can learn more about it on a official documentation here
you can use from flutter_datetime_picker plugin :
FlatButton(
onPressed: () {
DatePicker.showDatePicker(context,
showTitleActions: true,
minTime: DateTime(2018, 3, 5),
maxTime: DateTime(2019, 6, 7), onChanged: (date) {
print('change $date');
}, onConfirm: (date) {
print('confirm $date');
}, currentTime: DateTime.now(), locale: LocaleType.zh);
},
child: Text(
'show date time picker (Chinese)',
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
));
class CustomPicker extends CommonPickerModel {
String digits(int value, int length) {
return '$value'.padLeft(length, "0");
}
CustomPicker({DateTime currentTime, LocaleType locale}) : super(locale: locale) {
this.currentTime = currentTime ?? DateTime.now();
this.setLeftIndex(this.currentTime.hour);
this.setMiddleIndex(this.currentTime.minute);
this.setRightIndex(this.currentTime.second);
}
@override
String leftStringAtIndex(int index) {
if (index >= 0 && index < 24) {
return this.digits(index, 2);
} else {
return null;
}
}
@override
String middleStringAtIndex(int index) {
if (index >= 0 && index < 60) {
return this.digits(index, 2);
} else {
return null;
}
}
@override
String rightStringAtIndex(int index) {
if (index >= 0 && index < 60) {
return this.digits(index, 2);
} else {
return null;
}
}
@override
String leftDivider() {
return "|";
}
@override
String rightDivider() {
return "|";
}
@override
List<int> layoutProportions() {
return [1, 2, 1];
}
@override
DateTime finalTime() {
return currentTime.isUtc
? DateTime.utc(currentTime.year, currentTime.month, currentTime.day,
this.currentLeftIndex(), this.currentMiddleIndex(),
this.currentRightIndex())
: DateTime(currentTime.year, currentTime.month, currentTime.day,
this.currentLeftIndex(),
this.currentMiddleIndex(), this.currentRightIndex());
}
}