{"id":1179,"date":"2016-03-05T07:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T07:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abhiandroid.com\/ui\/?page_id=1179"},"modified":"2019-06-12T06:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T06:22:57","slug":"analogclock-digitalclock-textclock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abhiandroid.com\/ui\/analogclock-digitalclock-textclock","title":{"rendered":"AnalogClock, DigitalClock And TextClock In Android With Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Android, AnalogClock is a two handed clock one for hour indicator and the other for minute indicator and DigitalClock & TextClock both looks like your normal digital watch on hand which displays the hours minutes and seconds in digital format.\u00a0 You can simply use these two widgets in your application but these components cannot be used to change the time so for that you may use TimePicker<\/a> component.<\/p>\n

\"Analog<\/center>Important\u00a0Note:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>AnalogClock, DigitalClock and TextClock all\u00a0are only used for displaying time and you cannot change the time. So if you need to change the time you can\u00a0use Timepicker.<\/p>\n
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Types Of Clock in Android<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Analog Clock:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Analog clock is a widget used to display a two handed clock in which one for hour indicator and other one is for minute indicator.<\/p>\n

Analog clock\u00a0code in XML:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<AnalogClock\r\nandroid:id=\"@+id\/simpleAnalogClock\"\r\nandroid:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\r\nandroid:layout_height=\"wrap_content\" \/>\r\n<\/pre>\n
\"Analog<\/center>Digital Clock:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Digital clock is a widget used to display the hours minutes and seconds in digital format.<\/p>\n
Digital clock code in XML:<\/strong><\/p>\n
<DigitalClock\r\n    android:id=\"@+id\/simpleDigitalClock\"\r\n    android:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\r\n    android:layout_height=\"wrap_content\" \/><\/pre>\n
Important\u00a0Note: <\/strong><\/span>Digital clock is deprecated in version \u201c API 17 \u201c . From API level 17 you can use TextClock instead of digital clock. Below is the description\u00a0of Text clock in android.<\/p>\n
\"Digital<\/center>Text Clock:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Text Clock is a widget same as Digital\u00a0Clock\u00a0but\u00a0as in API level 17 digital clock is deprecated so we have to use text clock instead of digital clock. If we use text clock in our app then it require minimum API level 17.<\/p>\n
Text clock code in XML:<\/strong><\/p>\n
<TextClock\r\nandroid:id=\"@+id\/simpleTextClock\"\r\nandroid:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\r\nandroid:layout_height=\"wrap_content\" \/>\r\n<\/pre>\n
\"TextClock<\/center><\/p>\n
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Attributes of AnalogClock<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Now let\u2019s \u00a0we describe some common and important attributes that helps us to configure analog, text or digital clock in xml file (layout).<\/p>\n
1. id:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>id is an attribute used to uniquely a analog or digital clock. Below is an example code with explanation included, in which we set the id of a analog clock.<\/p>\n
<AnalogClock\r\nandroid:id=\"@+id\/simpleAnalogClock\"\r\nandroid:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\r\nandroid:layout_height=\"wrap_content\" \/> <!--\u00a0 id attribute of a analog clock used to uniquely identify it -->\r\n<\/pre>\n
2. background: <\/strong><\/span>background attribute is used to set the background of a analog, digital or text clock. You can set a color or a drawable in the background. The background color can also be\u00a0set in java class using setBackgroundColor() method.<\/p>\n
In below code we\u00a0use\u00a0background attribute to set the Green color for the background of a analog clock.<\/p>\n
<AnalogClock\r\nandroid:id=\"@+id\/simpleAnalogClock\"\r\nandroid:layout_width=\"wrap_content\"\r\nandroid:layout_height=\"wrap_content\"\r\nandroid:background=\"#0f0\"\/>\r\n<!-- set green color for the background of analog clock --><\/pre>\n
\"background<\/center>Setting background In Java class:<\/strong><\/p>\n
AnalogClock simpleAnalogClock = (AnalogClock)findViewById(R.id.simpleAnalogClock); \/\/ inititate a analog clock\r\nsimpleAnalogClock.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN); \/\/ green color for the background of the analog clock\r\n<\/pre>\n
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Attributes of DigitalClock Or TextClock<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Now let\u2019s we discuss\u00a0some attributes of digital clock or text clock and they are not used for\u00a0analog clock:<\/p>\n
1. padding:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0padding is an attribute used to set the padding from left, right, top or bottom side of the digitalclock.<\/p>\n
Important Note:<\/strong><\/span> Padding attribute has no effect on analog clock.<\/p>\n