Restrict input to date only in Android EditText

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Suresh Kumar
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Sep 11, 2018, 7:49:04 PM via Website

I would like the user to input date only in my Android app EditText. I am opening the calendar when the user focus on the EditText control. But sometimes the built-in keyboard appears on focussing instead of calendar. How can I restrict date only here? Here is my EditText in activity_main.

 <EditText android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/tEndDate"

    android:layout_marginBottom="2dip" android:textAlignment="textEnd"/>
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James Watson
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Sep 12, 2018, 7:44:42 AM via Website

android:inputType="date"

Or try another date picker control.

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Suresh Kumar
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Sep 13, 2018, 8:47:50 PM via Website

Thanks a lot James. That worked !!! I have really started liking Android development !!! Cool..

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Sep 14, 2018, 1:24:58 AM via Website

You are welcome Suresh. :D Would you like to support a 5-star for my free app as mentioned in my forum signature. Thanks in advance. (smug):D

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mansi suchak
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Jun 24, 2021, 7:25:46 PM via Website

what is coding in kotlin used to get year from edittext with input type date.

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