ios - How to use date picker instead of textfield? -

i have 2 textfields , 1 button. used textfield entered date must use date picker.

this code entering date textfield , display fields labels.how change date picker code?

viewcontroller.h

  @interface viewcontroller : uiviewcontroller <nsxmlparserdelegate>   - (ibaction)send:(uibutton *)sender;  @property (unsafe_unretained, nonatomic) iboutlet uitextfield *date1;  @property (unsafe_unretained, nonatomic) iboutlet uitextfield *date2;  //will here define date picker  @end 

viewcontroller.m

 @interface viewcontroller (){  nsmutabledata *webdata; nsxmlparser *xmlparser; nsmutablestring *returnsoap; bool treturn;     }  @end  @implementation viewcontroller  @synthesize date1,date2;  - (ibaction)send:(uibutton *)sender{      nsstring *msgsoap= [nsstring stringwithformat:@"<?xml version=\"1.0\"       encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"                    "<soap:envelope xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-                instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema\"               xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">\n"                    "<soap:body>\n"                    "<showdetails xmlns=\"http://tempuri.org/\">\n"                    "<date1>%@</date1>\n"                    "<date2>%@</date2>\n"                     "</showdetails>\n"                    "</soap:body>\n"                    "</soap:envelope>\n",date1.text,date2.text];     nslog(@"soap resulr = \n%@\n\n", msgsoap);  nsurl *url = [nsurl urlwithstring:@"http://webservice/service.asmx"];       nsmutableurlrequest *therequest = [nsmutableurlrequest requestwithurl:url];             nsstring *dnmsg = [nsstring stringwithformat:@"%d", [msgsoap length]];   [therequest addvalue:@"text/xml; charset=utf-8" forhttpheaderfield:@"content-type"];  [therequest addvalue: @"http://tempuri.org/showdetails"   forhttpheaderfield:@"soapaction"]; [therequest dnmsg forhttpheaderfield:@"content-length"]; [therequest sethttpmethod:@"post"]; [therequest sethttpbody:[msgsoap datausingencoding:nsutf8stringencoding]];  nsurlconnection *conn = [[nsurlconnection alloc] initwithrequest:therequest   delegate:self];  if(con){     webdata = [nsmutabledata data]; }else{     nslog(@"connection error."); } } 

thank

if i'm getting correct want use datepicker user enter correct date , don't have validate entered date.

you can use inputview of textfield. use inputaccessoryview dispaly view can put buttons dismiss inputview.

@interface viewcontroller () {     uidatepicker *_datepicker;     uitoolbar *_pickertoolbar;      uitextfield *_activetextfield;      nsdateformatter *_dateformatter; }  @end  @implementation viewcontroller  - (void)addinputviewtotextfield:(uitextfield *)textfield{      if (!_datepicker) {         _datepicker = [[uidatepicker alloc]init];         [_datepicker setdatepickermode:uidatepickermodedate];         [_datepicker setdate:[nsdate date]];     }      textfield.inputview = _datepicker;      if (!_pickertoolbar) {         _pickertoolbar =[[uitoolbar alloc]initwithframe:cgrectmake(0,0, self.view.frame.size.width,44)];         _pickertoolbar.barstyle =uibarstyleblackopaque;          uibarbuttonitem *cancelbutton = [[uibarbuttonitem alloc]initwithbarbuttonsystemitem:uibarbuttonsystemitemcancel                                                                                      target:self                                                                                      action:@selector(cancelbuttonpressed:)];          uibarbuttonitem *flexiblespace =[[uibarbuttonitem alloc]initwithbarbuttonsystemitem:uibarbuttonsystemitemflexiblespace                                                                                      target:self                                                                                      action:nil];          uibarbuttonitem *donebutton =[[uibarbuttonitem alloc] initwithbarbuttonsystemitem:uibarbuttonsystemitemdone                                                                                    target:self                                                                                    action:@selector(donebuttonpressed:)];         [_pickertoolbar setitems:@[cancelbutton,flexiblespace, donebutton]];     }       textfield.inputaccessoryview = _pickertoolbar;  }  - (void)donebuttonpressed:(id)sender{      if (!_dateformatter) {         _dateformatter = [nsdateformatter new];         [_dateformatter setdateformat:@"dd.mm.yyyy"];     }      _activetextfield.text = [_dateformatter stringfromdate:_datepicker.date];     [_activetextfield resignfirstresponder];  }  - (void)cancelbuttonpressed:(id)sender{     [_activetextfield resignfirstresponder]; }  - (void)textfielddidbeginediting:(uitextfield *)textfield{     _activetextfield = textfield;     [self addinputviewtotextfield:textfield]; } - (void)textfielddidendediting:(uitextfield *)textfield{     _activetextfield = nil; } 

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