title: How do I call my Date Picker from a button press?
body: <p>I am trying to create an app that allows me to pick a date and a table is populated with appointments on that day. I am having troubles with getting the date picker to show.</p>
  <p>I have taken a look at this <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers</a> and created a date picker from this code. I want to call that date picker from a button press found in the <code>AddAppointmentActivity</code> class.</p>
  <p>Here is my Appointment class:</p>
  <pre><code>package com.example.dentdevils.ui.HomeLinks;
  
  import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
  import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
  import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
  import androidx.fragment.app.DialogFragment;
  
  import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
  import android.app.Dialog;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.DatePicker;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  import com.example.dentdevils.R;
  import com.example.dentdevils.ui.HomeActivity;
  
  
  import java.util.Calendar;
  
  public class AddAppointmentActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_appointment);
  
          // Date label
          TextView dateLabel = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtDateLabel);
  
          // Date Picker Button Functionality
          Button datePicker = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDatePicker);
          datePicker.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
  
              }
          });
  
          // Back Button Functionality
          Button btnBack = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnBack);
          btnBack.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
                  Intent launchHomepage = new Intent(AddAppointmentActivity.this, HomeActivity.class);
                  startActivity(launchHomepage);
              }
          });
      }
  
  }
  
  class DatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment implements DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener {
  
      @NonNull
      @Override
      public Dialog onCreateDialog(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          final Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
          int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
          int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
  
          return new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), this, year, month, day);
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int month, int dayOfMonth) {
          // Get date set by user and display appointments in table for the date chosen.
  
      }
  
      public void showDatePickerDialog() {
          DialogFragment newFragment = new com.example.dentdevils.ui.HomeLinks.DatePickerFragment();
          newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), &quot;datePicker&quot;);
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>I did have the classes in separate files but was testing different things hence why they are in the same file (I will move them back out again to separate files after I have managed to call the date picker).</p>
  <p>My question is, how would I call the date picker dialog from the button press?</p>