Display default date in EditText widgets

Question

How can I dynamically display the current date in the text of an EditText widget at run time?

Thanks patrick

Answer 1

If your EditText file is declared in an xml file, you should get it in code like this

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById( R.id.your_edittext_id );

Then you can easily update it with the current date.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy/MM/dd" ); 
editText.setText( sdf.format( new Date() ));

Answer 2

... it is even better to use the locale and user formatting options:

editText.setText( DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(new Date()) );