Java (Android Studio) Tutorial – Calendar, SimpleDateFormat –

Introduction

In the video, I introduced how to use Calendar and SimpleDateFormat by creating simple app which displays the current date.

Environment
– Android Studio 2.1.1
– Simulator (Genymotion)

You can watch each step in the video, so try and enjoy coding!

Sample Code

package practice.myapplication;
 
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;
 
public class main extends AppCompatActivity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 
 
        TextView yLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.yLabel);
        TextView mLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mLabel);
        TextView dLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.dLabel);
        TextView eLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.eLabel);
 
 
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MMMM/d/E", Locale.US); // Set your locale!
        String strDate = sdf.format(cal.getTime());
 
        String[] values = strDate.split("/",0);
 
        // Confirm
//        for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
//            Log.v("CHECK_DATE", values[i]);
//        }
 
        yLabel.setText(values[0]);
        mLabel.setText(values[1]);
        dLabel.setText(values[2]);
        eLabel.setText(values[3]);
 
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="practice.myapplication.main"
    android:background="#3fb399"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center">
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/yLabel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="2016"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="-40dp"/>
 
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/mLabel"
        android:layout_width="220dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:text="July"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:background="#206757"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"/>
 
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/dLabel"
        android:layout_width="220dp"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:text="3"
        android:textSize="56sp"
        android:textColor="#206757"
        android:background="#ffffff"
        android:gravity="center"/>
 
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/eLabel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Sun"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textColor="#206757"
        android:layout_marginTop="-40dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"/>
 
</LinearLayout>

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