how to change number picker style in android?

Question

I want to use the NumberPicker component-widget but Instead in the default Holo theme I need to replace the blue color with orange since that is the default color in my styling. How can I replace the blue color and the color of the numbers,and keep all of the functionality of the component? thanks

Paleoasiatic

Why Google doesn't allow styling NumberPicker – Pinnati

Answer 1

Make copy of library/res/drawable-*/numberpicker_selection_divider.9.png and name then, for example, custom_np_sd.9.png.

Override default NumberPicker style via activity theme:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Holo.Theme">
  <item name="numberPickerStyle">@style/CustomNPStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomNPStyle" parent="@style/Holo.NumberPicker">
  <item name="selectionDivider">@drawable/custom_np_sd</item>
</style>

And apply @style/AppTheme as activity theme.

Decarlo

where can I find the library folder in order to copy the style – Paleoasiatic

Not working Error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:style/Widget.Holo.NumberPicker'. Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:selectionDivider'. – Radial

I agree with the comment above. No resources found. How to use it? – Licentious

Answer 2

Unfortunately, you can't style it. The styles and styling attributes for NumberPicker are not present in the public API, therefore you can't set them and change the default look. You can only select between light and dark theme.

As a solution I would suggest to use android-numberpicker library instead. The library is basically a port of NumberPicker extracted from Android source codes. But it's better than that, it also backports NumberPicker to Android 2.x. The library can be easily styled.

To style the divider adjust NPWidget.Holo.NumberPicker style and its selectionDivider and selectionDividerHeight attributes.
To style the text adjust NPWidget.Holo.EditText.NumberPickerInputText style.

Oribelle

but by using the library you suggested the scroll functionality of the component is lost, I would really like to keep this functionality – Paleoasiatic

The library version can scroll too. There's no problem with that. – Oribelle

No matter what style I picked, I always got black text. – Alainealair

@SomeoneSomewhere Old comment, I know. You need to override android:textColorPrimary in your base theme. This can possibly affect other TextViews' text color (if one is not set explicitly). But, this behavior can be contained on the Activity level. – Taro

What is the use of this library if this too can't style the text for itself? I cannot override android:textColorPrimary, as I've already done so differently, – Alcaic

Adding that the public attributes are marked by the framework using this res/values/public.xml. Also, here is a bit more context about how it works – Gummous

Answer 3

Preview of a customized number picker:

<NumberPicker
  android:id="@+id/np"
  android:layout_width="40dp"
  android:layout_height="40dp"
  android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
  android:background="@drawable/drawablenp"
  android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>

Create the background xml in the drawable folder named "drawablenp.xml"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <gradient
        android:startColor="#707070"
        android:centerColor="#f8f8f8"
        android:endColor="#707070"
        android:angle="270"/>

</shape>

Chaoan

Answer 4

I faced this problem too. I really want to have nice NumberPicker UI. All answer in this question worked but very limited. I almost create my own RecylerView to create the NumberPicker I want. Apparently I found neat library which is very robust. Here is the link https://github.com/Carbs0126/NumberPickerView

Not trying to answer the question here. Just want to help someone with the same problem as I am.

Admit

Answer 5

I face this problem too, I use reflect to change the style

public class MyNumberPicker extends NumberPicker {
    public MyNumberPicker(Context context) {
        super(context);

        setNumberPickerDivider();
    }

    public MyNumberPicker(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        setNumberPickerDivider();
    }

    public MyNumberPicker(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        setNumberPickerDivider();
    }

    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
    public MyNumberPicker(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);

        setNumberPickerDivider();
    }

    @Override
    public void addView(View child) {
        super.addView(child);
        updateView(child);
    }

    @Override
    public void addView(View child, int index, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        super.addView(child, index, params);
        updateView(child);
    }

    @Override
    public void addView(View child, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        super.addView(child, params);
        updateView(child);
    }

    public void updateView(View view) {
        if (view instanceof EditText) {
            EditText et = (EditText) view;
            et.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.font_content));
            et.setTextSize(16);
        }
    }

    private void setNumberPickerDivider() {

        try {
            {
                Field field = NumberPicker.class.getDeclaredField("mSelectionDivider");
                field.setAccessible(true);
                field.set(this, ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(), R.drawable.horizontal_divider));
            }

            {
                Field field = NumberPicker.class.getDeclaredField("mSelectionDividerHeight");
                field.setAccessible(true);
                field.set(this, 1);
            }
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Hypozeugma

Will not work on 28+ API. developer.android.com/about/versions/10/non-sdk-q?authuser=1 – Depression

Answer 6

There are some indirect ways to modify MumberPicker design I used some years ago. NumberPicker is a ViewGroup containing main EditText field which is the holder of almost all design parameters. These parameters are propagated then in other parts of the NumberPicker like "SelectorWeel" and others through the initialization phase. This EditText is in the mInputText field. This field is private but you can intercept it and make some design corrections in addView method this way:

public class NoFlingNumberPicker extends NumberPicker {
...
protected EditText _mInputText;
...
protected void updateView( View view ) {
        if( view instanceof EditText ) {
            _mInputText = (EditText) view;
            _mInputText.setTextSize( getResources().getDimension( R.dimen.N_P_TextUnit ) );
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void addView( View child ) {
        super.addView( child );
        updateView( child );
    }

    @Override
    public void addView( View child, int index, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams params ) {
        super.addView( child, index, params );
        updateView( child );
    }

    @Override
    public void addView( View child, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams params ) {
        super.addView( child, params );
        updateView( child );
    }
...
}

These corrections will be made before the propagation to other NumberPicker parts. Some corrections could be made after this phase:

protected void init() {
    ...
    int count = getChildCount();
    _mInputText = null;
    for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ ) {
        View v = getChildAt( i );
        if( v instanceof EditText ) {
            _mInputText = (EditText) v;
            ColorStateList csl = _mInputText.getTextColors();
            
            //  make some color modifications
            csl = modifyColors( csl );
            
            _mInputText.setTextColor( csl );
            break;
        }
    }
    ...
}

public NoFlingNumberPicker( Context context ) {
    super( context );
    init();
}

public NoFlingNumberPicker( Context context, AttributeSet attrs ) {
    super( context, attrs );
    init();
}

public NoFlingNumberPicker( Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr ) {
    super( context, attrs, defStyleAttr );
    init();
}

Nerte