I bought a book to study Android, I'm following and trying to understand how the components work
When I click on a button, I need to open a modal with the date component.
I'm using the SDK 19 with Android 4.2, and when in some method triggered by the click of the button, I call a showDialog , it returns me
The method showDialog (int) from the type Activity is deprecated
It looks like something related by the version of the SDK I'm using.
This information has nothing to do with the version of the SDK, but with the use of the showDialog method that is considered outdated.
Starting from version 3.0 (SDK 11) a new way of using the "Dialogs" , which is named DialogFragment , has been introduced.
In practical terms, this does not prevent you from continuing to use the showDialog method, however "Android team" recommends using DialogFragment .
As you are getting started with Android, I recommend that you ignore this message for now. When you have more experience then start exploring Fragments .
If you do not want to follow my advice, see here how to use a DatePicker with DialogFragment .
