In Android, the AnalogClock is a two-handed clock, one for hour indicator and the other for minute indicator. TheDigitalClock is look like your normal digital watch on hand, which display hours, minutes and seconds in digital format.

Both AnalogClock and DigitalClock are UNABLE to modify the time, if you want to change the time, use “TimePicker” instead.

P.S This project is developed in Eclipse 3.7, and tested with Android 2.3.3.

1. AnalogClock and DigitalClock

Open “res/layout/main.xml” file, add AnalogClock and DigitalClock in XML.

File : res/layout/main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Analog Clock"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
 
    <AnalogClock
        android:id="@+id/analogClock1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Digital Clock"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
 
    <DigitalClock
        android:id="@+id/digitalClock1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="DigitalClock" />
 
</LinearLayout>

2. Code Code

No idea what can i do with AnalogClock or DigitalClock.

File : MyAndroidAppActivity.java

package com.mkyong.android;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.AnalogClock;
import android.widget.DigitalClock;
 
public class MyAndroidAppActivity extends Activity {
 
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
		AnalogClock ac = (AnalogClock) findViewById(R.id.analogClock1);
		//what can i do with AnalogClock?
 
		DigitalClock dc = (DigitalClock) findViewById(R.id.digitalClock1);
		//what can i do with DigitalClock also? for display only
 
	}
 
}

3. Demo

Run the application.

1. This is how AnalogClock and DigitalClock look like :

android analogclock and digitalclock demo

Download Source Code

Download it – Android-AnalogClock-DigitalClock-Example.zip (15 KB)