TimePicker

Component in Material 3 Compose

Material Design time picker

Time pickers help users select and set a specific time.

Shows a picker that allows the user to select time. Subscribe to updates through [TimePickerState]

Last updated: 2025-03-21 11:59

Installation

dependencies {
   implementation("androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.4.0-alpha10")
}

Overloads

@Composable
@ExperimentalMaterial3Api
fun TimePicker(
    state: TimePickerState,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    colors: TimePickerColors = TimePickerDefaults.colors(),
    layoutType: TimePickerLayoutType = TimePickerDefaults.layoutType(),
)

Parameters

name	description
state	state for this time input, allows to subscribe to changes to [TimePickerState.hour] and [TimePickerState.minute], and set the initial time for this input.
modifier	the [Modifier] to be applied to this time input
colors	colors [TimePickerColors] that will be used to resolve the colors used for this time picker in different states. See [TimePickerDefaults.colors].
layoutType,	the different [TimePickerLayoutType] supported by this time picker, it will change the position and sizing of different components of the timepicker.

Code Examples

TimePickerSample

@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)
@Composable
@Preview
fun TimePickerSample() {
    var showTimePicker by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
    val state = rememberTimePickerState()
    val formatter = remember { SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a", Locale.getDefault()) }
    val snackState = remember { SnackbarHostState() }
    val snackScope = rememberCoroutineScope()

    Box(propagateMinConstraints = false) {
        Button(modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.Center), onClick = { showTimePicker = true }) {
            Text("Set Time")
        }
        SnackbarHost(hostState = snackState)
    }

    if (showTimePicker) {
        TimePickerDialog(
            title = { TimePickerDialogDefaults.Title(displayMode = TimePickerDisplayMode.Picker) },
            onDismissRequest = { showTimePicker = false },
            confirmButton = {
                TextButton(
                    onClick = {
                        val cal = Calendar.getInstance()
                        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, state.hour)
                        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, state.minute)
                        cal.isLenient = false
                        snackScope.launch {
                            snackState.showSnackbar("Entered time: ${formatter.format(cal.time)}")
                        }
                        showTimePicker = false
                    }
                ) {
                    Text("Ok")
                }
            },
            dismissButton = { TextButton(onClick = { showTimePicker = false }) { Text("Cancel") } },
            modeToggleButton = {},
        ) {
            TimePicker(state = state)
        }
    }
}

TimePickerSwitchableSample

@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)
@Composable
@Preview
fun TimePickerSwitchableSample() {
    var showTimePicker by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
    val state = rememberTimePickerState()
    val formatter = remember { SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a", Locale.getDefault()) }
    val snackState = remember { SnackbarHostState() }
    var displayMode by remember { mutableStateOf(TimePickerDisplayMode.Picker) }
    val snackScope = rememberCoroutineScope()
    val configuration = LocalConfiguration.current

    Box(propagateMinConstraints = false) {
        Button(modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.Center), onClick = { showTimePicker = true }) {
            Text("Set Time")
        }
        SnackbarHost(hostState = snackState)
    }

    if (showTimePicker) {
        TimePickerDialog(
            title = { TimePickerDialogDefaults.Title(displayMode = displayMode) },
            onDismissRequest = { showTimePicker = false },
            confirmButton = {
                TextButton(
                    onClick = {
                        val cal = Calendar.getInstance()
                        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, state.hour)
                        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, state.minute)
                        cal.isLenient = false
                        snackScope.launch {
                            snackState.showSnackbar("Entered time: ${formatter.format(cal.time)}")
                        }
                        showTimePicker = false
                    }
                ) {
                    Text("Ok")
                }
            },
            dismissButton = { TextButton(onClick = { showTimePicker = false }) { Text("Cancel") } },
            modeToggleButton = {
                if (configuration.screenHeightDp > 400) {
                    TimePickerDialogDefaults.DisplayModeToggle(
                        onDisplayModeChange = {
                            displayMode =
                                if (displayMode == TimePickerDisplayMode.Picker) {
                                    TimePickerDisplayMode.Input
                                } else {
                                    TimePickerDisplayMode.Picker
                                }
                        },
                        displayMode = displayMode
                    )
                }
            }
        ) {
            if (
                displayMode == TimePickerDisplayMode.Picker &&
                    configuration.screenHeightDp.dp > MinHeightForTimePicker
            ) {
                TimePicker(state = state)
            } else {
                TimeInput(state = state)
            }
        }
    }
}