A Date Input component is helpful when you want the user of your app to easily select a specific date using the native Android or iOS date picker
Native Android Date Picker on the left and iOS on the right
Properties
Date Input
Property
Description
Data Type
Style
Format to use when displaying selected date
Select from menu
Font Size
Size of font when displaying date
Number
Font Style
Select whether font is normal or italic
Select from menu
Font Weight
Set boldness of font
Select from menu
Color
Color of font when displaying date
Color
The following formats are currently available to use as Style:
YYYY-MM-DD
MM/DD/YYYY
M/D/YY
Month Day, Year
Mth. Day, Year
Layout
Property
Description
Data Type
X
Location of top left corner of Date Input on X-axis, where the left hand side is X=0
Number
Y
Location of top left corner of Date Input on Y-axis, where the top side is Y=0
Number
Height
Height of Date Input in pixels
Number
Width
Width of Date Input in pixels
Number
Visible
Set whether the Date Input is visible
True/False
Style
Property
Description
Data Type
Border Width
Width of border around Date Input in pixels
Number
Border Radius
Radius of corners of border on Date Input in degrees
Number
Border Color
Color of border (only visible if border width > 0)
Color
Border Style
Set whether border style is solid, dotted or dashed (only visible if border width > 0)
Select from menu
Blocks
Events
You can trigger actions to happen when an event occurs.
Date Picked
This event fires when the user has selected a date using the Date Picker.
Functions
Get Date
Returns full date from Date Picker in format Mon., DD, YYYY.
Get Day
Returns date from Date Picker in numeric form.
Eg. If February 17, 2021 has been selected in Date Picker, this block will return 17.
If 5 March 2021 is selected in Date Picker, this block will return 5.
Get Month
Returns date from Date Picker in numeric form.
Eg. If February 17, 2021 has been selected in Date Picker, this block will return 2.
If 7 November 2021 is selected in Date Picker, this block will return 11.
Get Year
Returns date from Date Picker in YYYY form.
Launch Picker
Opens Picker of the Date Input to prompt the user to enter a date.