5797: Date selection frustrating to use on Android (can only easily jump by month, not year) - Composr CMS feature tracker

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5797	Composr	core_abstract_interfaces	public	2024-07-02 04:05	2024-07-25 22:13

Reporter	PDStig	Assigned To	Guest
Priority	high	Severity	feature
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	5797: Date selection frustrating to use on Android (can only easily jump by month, not year)
Description	Android's date selection (at least for the options configured by Composr) is frustrating especially for selecting date of birth. The UI provides no ability to jump by year, and instead you must keep tapping backwards month by month. Try to find a way to fix this without having to rely on a third party date picker. But use a third party library if we must.
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admin 2024-07-02 04:05 administrator ~8850	Automated message: This issue was created using the Report Issue Wizard on the Composr homesite.

PDStig 2024-07-02 04:10 administrator ~8851	Actually year selection is there but very poorly designed in the UI... must tap the year at the top of the material design modal. Leaving this open as we need a better solution for this.

Chris Graham 2024-07-25 22:13 administrator ~8956	I'm changing this to a feature request. My feeling is that if Android has a bad date picker, it is Android's responsibility to fix it, not every websites responsibility to paper over the problem. iOS is still a better experience than Android from a UX point of view, and I kind of feel users know this and pick accordingly. iPhone's are actually better value for a good device due to Apple's vertical integration, and Android is not as Open Source as Google would like you believe so the ethical argument for Android is a bit weak. I would like to see screenshots of the issue here instead and/or a link to an upstream bug report.

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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2024-07-02 04:06	PDStig	Summary	Date selection frustrating to use on Android => Date selection frustrating to use on Android (can only jump by month, not year)
2024-07-02 04:06	PDStig	Description Updated
2024-07-02 04:10	PDStig	Note Added: 0008851
2024-07-25 22:09	Chris Graham	Severity	Minor Bug => Feature or Request
2024-07-25 22:09	Chris Graham	Product Version	11.alpha4 =>
2024-07-25 22:09	Chris Graham	Summary	Date selection frustrating to use on Android (can only jump by month, not year) => Date selection frustrating to use on Android (can only easily jump by month, not year)
2024-07-25 22:13	Chris Graham	Note Added: 0008956