title: How to set maximum and minimum date for datepicker in android
body: <p>I am using a tutorial i found on the net for datepicker.But i want to set the maximum and minimum date for the datepicker.Also i have heard that there is an issue for API level less than 11.</p>
  
  <p>My code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.androidexample.datepicker;
  
  import java.util.Calendar;
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
  import android.app.Dialog;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.DatePicker;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  public class DatePickerExample extends Activity {
  
      private TextView Output;
      private Button changeDate;
  
      private int year;
      private int month;
      private int day;
  
      static final int DATE_PICKER_ID = 1111; 
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
          Output = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.Output);
          changeDate = (Button) findViewById(R.id.changeDate);
  
          // Get current date by calender
  
          final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
          year  = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
          month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          day   = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
  
          // Show current date
  
          Output.setText(new StringBuilder()
                  // Month is 0 based, just add 1
                  .append(month + 1).append("-").append(day).append("-")
                  .append(year).append(" "));
  
          // Button listener to show date picker dialog
  
          changeDate.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
  
                  // On button click show datepicker dialog 
                  showDialog(DATE_PICKER_ID);
  
              }
  
          });
     }
  
  
      @Override
      protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
          switch (id) {
          case DATE_PICKER_ID:
  
              // open datepicker dialog. 
              // set date picker for current date 
              // add pickerListener listner to date picker
              return new DatePickerDialog(this, pickerListener, year, month,day);
          }
          return null;
      }
  
      private DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener pickerListener = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
  
          // when dialog box is closed, below method will be called.
          @Override
          public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int selectedYear,
                  int selectedMonth, int selectedDay) {
  
              year  = selectedYear;
              month = selectedMonth;
              day   = selectedDay;
  
              // Show selected date 
              Output.setText(new StringBuilder().append(month + 1)
                      .append("-").append(day).append("-").append(year)
                      .append(" "));
  
             }
          };
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The xml code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:orientation="vertical" &gt;
  
      &lt;Button
          android:id="@+id/changeDate"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="Click To Change Date" /&gt;
  
      &lt;TextView
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="Current/Selected Date (M-D-YYYY): "
          android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /&gt;
  
      &lt;TextView
          android:id="@+id/Output"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text=""
          android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /&gt;
  
  
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem with the above code is that there is no upper limit on the year part.I also need a lower limit on the year part.Can someone tell me as how to modify the code to set the upper and lower limit on the year part?</p>