iPhone application : UIDatePicker for two text fields on the same view - iphone

Question

UIPickerView select and hide
I used this to pop up a date picker view when I "touch down" on a text field. That is, I need the text field to display whatever I choose on the date picker view as its contents.
- (IBAction)showPicker:(id)sender {
// create a UIPicker view as a custom keyboard view
UIDatePicker* pickerView = [[UIDatePicker alloc] init];
[pickerView sizeToFit];
pickerView.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight);
//pickerView.delegate = self;
//pickerView.dataSource = self;
//pickerView.showsSelectionIndicator = YES;
self.datePickerView = pickerView; //UIDatePicker
fromDate.inputView = pickerView;
// create a done view + done button, attach to it a doneClicked action, and place it in a toolbar as an accessory input view...
// Prepare done button
UIToolbar* keyboardDoneButtonView = [[UIToolbar alloc] init];
keyboardDoneButtonView.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
keyboardDoneButtonView.translucent = YES;
keyboardDoneButtonView.tintColor = nil;
[keyboardDoneButtonView sizeToFit];
UIBarButtonItem* doneButton = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Done"
style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self
action:#selector(pickerDoneClicked:)] autorelease];
fromDate.text = (NSString *)datePickerView.date; // fromDate is the Text Field outlet, where I am trying to display the selection on the picker.
[keyboardDoneButtonView setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:doneButton, nil]];
// Plug the keyboardDoneButtonView into the text field...
fromDate.inputAccessoryView = keyboardDoneButtonView;
[pickerView release];
[keyboardDoneButtonView release];
}
- (IBAction)pickerDoneClicked:(id)sender {
[fromDate resignFirstResponder];
}
Edit : I am able to do this for one text field on the screen. No matter what, only a keyboard pops up for the second text field.
Any ideas to do this for a second text field?

Answer 1

fromDate.inputView = pickerView;
This line of code makes the picker view the input view for the fromDate field. You need similar code for the other date field. You'll also need to set the input accessory on your other field.
Creating a special method to do this and touch down actions on all your text fields is unnecessary work. Simply create the picker view and toolbar in viewDidLoad and assign them to the input views and accessory views of whatever fields you want them on. Text fields alread have a touch down method which will bring up the keyboard.

Answer 2

Just an alternate solution for your problem.
1) Put a custom UIButton over the textfield on tap of which you want to show the UIDatePickerView
2) set the delegate of the textfield to nil on which you want to show the picker view.
fromDate.delegate = nil;
3) on the IBAction("touch down") of that custom button write the below code :-
- (IBAction) customButtonAction: (id) sender
{
[_previousTextField resignFirstResponder]; // The instance of last textfield tapped.
[self showDatePicker];
}
4) On tap of "Done" button of Picker view set selected value to the textfield
- (IBAction)pickerDoneClicked:(id)sender
{
fromDate.text = #"value from UIPickerView's selected row"
}