How do I calculate age from my date picker?

Question

I am learning Kotlin on my own. I am trying to calculate the age of a user after the have input their date of Birth and display it in another activity.

I tried a bunch of different stuff and none worked. I'm sure I maybe overlooking something simple.

my code:


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    var date1: EditText? = null
    var datePickerDialog: DatePickerDialog? = null
    lateinit var submitButton: Button
    lateinit var userInput: EditText
    lateinit var dob: EditText
    @SuppressLint("SetTextI18n", "MissingInflatedId", "CutPasteId")
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(layout.activity_main)
        date1 = findViewById<EditText>(id.date) as EditTe
        date1!!.setOnClickListener{ // calender class's instance and get current date , month and year from calender
            val c = Calendar.getInstance()
            val mYear = c[Calendar.YEAR] // current year
            val mMonth = c[Calendar.MONTH] // current month
            val mDay = c[Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH] // current day
            datePickerDialog = DatePickerDialog(
                this@MainActivity,
                { view, year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth -> // set day of month , month and year value in the edit text
                    date1!!.setText(
                        dayOfMonth.toString() + "/"
                                + (monthOfYear + 1) + "/" + year
                    )
                }, mYear, mMonth, mDay

            )
            datePickerDialog!!.show()

        }

        submitButton = findViewById(id.sub_btn)
        userInput = findViewById(id.username1)
        dob = findViewById(id.date)

        submitButton.setOnClickListener {
            val age= dob.text.toString()
            val name= userInput.text.toString()
            //val str = userInput.text.toString()
            intent = Intent(this, CardReturn::class.java)
            intent.putExtra("message_key","Name:$name")
            intent.putExtra("message_key1","DOB:$age")
            startActivity(intent)
        }


    }}

z.g.y · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-26T08:07:23.323

If you're able to utilize java.time or at least ThreeTen Android Backport, it should be easy and will save you from a lot of work if your'e using java.util.Calendar.

Here's a small working piece of DatePickerDialog that you can copy and paste easily, this is how I calculate year difference between two LocalDate instance

val now = LocalDateTime.now()
val initYear = now.year
val initMonth = now.monthValue - 1 // offset it -1 because January starts at 0 index
val initDay = now.dayOfMonth

val datePickerDialog = DatePickerDialog(
       this@ActivityOrContext, 
       { _: DatePicker, pickedYear: Int, pickedMonth: Int, pickedDay: Int ->

            val selectedBirthdate = LocalDate.of(pickedYear, pickedMonth + 1, pickedDay)
            val age = Period.between(selectedBirthdate, LocalDate.now()).years

            Log.e("DatePickerTag", "Age : $age")

       }, initYear, initMonth, initDay)

If I select April 1 1995 and evaluate it against the time of this posting it will print

E/DatePickerTag: Age : 27

If however you can't use java.time or ThreeTenABP, this S.O post might help you otherwise. The bottom section of the post contains answers for calculating age using java.util.Calendar.

Lastly, out-of-topic, consider what lateinit var is for, what kotlin null safety is, and avoid shouting in your code unnecessarily!!

Got it to work using your method. I just had to incorporate about 2 more lines. Appreciate the response. — Shane.B, Oct 26 '22 at 21:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '22 at 07:15

Inside layout file

<DatePicker
    android:id="@+id/ageSelectionPicker"
    style="@style/MyDatePicker"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="24dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
    android:backgroundTint="#ff4081"
    android:calendarTextColor="#ff4081"
    android:calendarViewShown="false"
    android:datePickerMode="spinner" />

class.java

DatePicker ageSelectionPicker = findViewById(R.id.ageSelectionPicker);    
int age = getAge(ageSelectionPicker.getYear(), ageSelectionPicker.getMonth(), ageSelectionPicker.getDayOfMonth());

Method getAge

private int getAge(int year, int month, int day) {
    Calendar dateOfBirth = Calendar.getInstance();
    Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance();

    dateOfBirth.set(year, month, day);

    int age = today.get(Calendar.YEAR) - dateOfBirth.get(Calendar.YEAR);

    if (today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) < dateOfBirth.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)) {
        age--;
    }

    return age;
}

How do I calculate age from my date picker?

2 Answers2