Create AlertDialog using inside layout of a xml - android

I want to create a alert dialog using a layout which is in a xml. I tried this:
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
View v = inflater.inflate(R.id.optionsmenu, null);
AlertDialog dialog = builder.setView(v).create();
dialog.show();
It does not work. optionsmenu is the layout that i want to use to create alert dialog. Can i set alert dialog view to this inner layout ?
here is the image's url . You can see the layout that i want to use.

I dont really know how you expect your dialog to look like but you should create it like this:
Dialog dialog = new Dialog(this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
dialog.setTitle("");
//to use a view inside the xml (i.e. a button)
Button button = (Button)dialog.findViewById(R.id.optionsmenu);
dialog.show();
Note that you were trying to inflate not the layout but the view (R.id.optionsmenu) it should have been (R.layout.activity_main)
alertDialog.builder is used to create a dialog without using a xml layout

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Null reference error adding custom layout to alert dialog

I'm creating a custom alert dialog
// Biuld the dialog
AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
// Create the dialog
AlertDialog alertToShow = alert.create();
// Set keyboard to the dialog
alertToShow.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
// Add custom layout to the dialog
LayoutInflater inflater = this.getLayoutInflater();
View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_view, null);
alert.setView(dialogView);
// Show the dialog
alertToShow.show();
But the following line from above where I add my custom layout
f1.addView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_view, f1, false));
results in the error
Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.FrameLayout.addView(android.view.View)' on a null object reference
Any idea how to fix the error?
You need to find the view after the dialog is displayed or after the layout is inflated. Not before
// Add custom layout to the dialog
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_view, f1, false)
FrameLayout f1 = (FrameLayout) dialogView.findViewById(android.R.id.custom);
f1.addView(dialogView);
// Show the dialog
alertToShow.show();
Though, I think you want alertToShow.setView(dialogView), maybe
I have to add views before I create the dialog
// Add custom layout to the dialog
LayoutInflater inflater = this.getLayoutInflater();
View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_view, null);
alert.setView(dialogView);
// Create the dialog
AlertDialog alertToShow = alert.create();
// Set keyboard to the dialog
alertToShow.getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_VISIBLE);
// Show the dialog
alertToShow.show();

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I have a AlertDialog.Builder in my Fragment Page and it shows three EditText (in a xml file).
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Button : Get coordinates
1st EdiText : latitude
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builder.setCancelable(false);
builder.setView(layout);
where "layout" is inflated view
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Dialog dialog = new Dialog(this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.yourLayoutId);
dialog.show();
Make yourself a layout file with a components that you want in it and call setContentView on your dialog, passing the name of your layout file.
If you are deadset on AlertDialog you can do something similar with builder.setView()
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.yourLayoutId, (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.yourLayoutRoot));
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
.setView(layout);
AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
alertDialog.show();
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View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_dialog,
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builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
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Creating dialogs is described on this page: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html

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