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[MaterialDatePicker] Ability to reset selected day

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feature request Widget: DatePicker
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**

I am using MaterialDatePicker ('com.google.android.material:material:1.8.0') and I just realized that there is no way to reset the selected date to the MaterialDatePicker.Builder after being built of course. The issue comes after the following steps: the user opens the datepicker, selects a date, taps on one of the buttons or dismisses the dialog, reopens it again - the selected day stays where it left off. It would be nice to open again a new dialog with a non-selected date. However, after rotation the opened and selected datePicker, and then dismissing it and opening again - the date is unselected as it should be.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Before that I used CalendarView with public method setDate() which allowed me to handle this issue.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/CalendarView#setDate(long)

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Research direction

Start by reading MaterialDatePicker and MaterialDatePicker.Builder, focusing on how the selected day is retained when the dialog is reopened. Add a way to reset or clear that selection after building, and verify that reopening the picker shows no selected date while rotation state restoration continues to work.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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