Displaying custom dialog - android

Alright, so I would like to have a custom dialog, but I cannot figure out for the life of me how to make it appear when the function is called.
public void addHomework() {
final Dialog alert = new Dialog(this);
alert.setTitle("Add Homework");
alert.setContentView(R.layout.homework_item_entry);
Button add_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add_homework_button);
Button cancel_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.cancel_homework_button);
add_button.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(ClassHomeworkList.this, "Adding homework", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
cancel_button.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
alert.dismiss();
}
});
alert.show();
}
What could I do?

I know this is an old thread, but even after reading the Android docs it also was not obvious to me how to display a custom dialog using the standard Dialog class. Basically you can call:
this.showDialog(MANAGE_PASSWORD); // MANAGE_PASSWORD static final int
from your activity. Then instantiate the custom dialog in the onCreateDialog method:
protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
Dialog dialog;
switch(id) {
case MANAGE_PASSWORD:
dialog= getInstancePasswordDialog();
break;
case DIALOG_ABOUT:
// do the work to define the About Dialog
dialog= getInstanceAlertDialog(); // called "the first time"
break;
default:
dialog = null;
}
return dialog;
}
The code to instantiate the dialog is in getInstancePasswordDialog(). Here is the code sample.

I think you have the problem that your two buttons cannot be found by their ID's like this (as you are trying to find them in your main activity, but they are in the layout for the dialog)
Button add_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add_homework_button);
Button cancel_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.cancel_homework_button);
But instead need to do:
Button add_button = (Button) alert.findViewById(R.id.add_homework_button);
Button cancel_button = (Button) alert.findViewById(R.id.cancel_homework_button);

Have you read the following document: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#ShowingADialog ?
You should override your Activity's onCreateDialog(int) method as described there and then use showDialog(int)

LayoutInflater factory = LayoutInflater.from(this);
View view = factory.inflate(R.layout.dialog, null);
//the id is your root layout
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.layout);
alert.setContentView(layout);

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EditText in dialog returning null string

I have this button to show a dialog which in turn has an EditText for the users to write something and then tap the done button to save it otherwise another button to close the dialog. The problem here is that I am not able to fetch that String that the user wrote. It returns me a null sting instead and causes the app to crash. Here's the code :
I call the dialog up on clicking on a button:
//Write Review Dialog Box
writeReviewBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.i("HAPPENED", "This Onclick is working");
try{
// Create custom dialog object
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(GetReviewActivity.this);
// Include dialog's xml file
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.write_review_activity);
// Set dialog title
dialog.setTitle("Your review is valuable");
final EditText etWR = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etWR);
Button writeButton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.buttonWR);
Button declineButton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.buttonNoThanks);
dialog.show();
//Done Button
writeButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.i("HAPPENED: ","writeButton Block Is WORKING!");
Activity activity = GetReviewActivity.this;
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
String Review = etWR.getText().toString();
StoreAReview(Review);
}
});
}
});
// if decline button is clicked, close the custom dialog
declineButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Close dialog
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
final EditText etWR = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etWR); is resolving to Activity#findViewById. But your dialog's layout is not attached to your activity window, it's attached to the dialog. so you have to inflate EditText from your dialog's view:
Try
final EditText etWR = (EditText)dialog.findViewById(R.id.etWR);
instead of
final EditText etWR = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etWR);
Been through this issue before. I tried initiating EditText with Dialog reference but this didn't work
final EditText etWR = (EditText)dialog.findViewById(R.id.etWR);
Solution:
This is how I solved it:
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View dialogWR = getActivity().getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.write_review_activity, null);
etWR = (EditText) dialogWR.findViewById(R.id.etWR);
}
You should initialize EditText
EditText etWR = (EditText)dailog.findViewById(R.id.etWR);
becoz your EditText is coming from dailog. So
U just miss the dialog.findViewById(R.id.etWR)
change this line
final EditText etWR = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etWR);
to this one
final EditText etWR = (EditText)dialog.findViewById(R.id.etWR);
then, add click event code

Android dialog dismisses on second click only. Why?

Why doesn't dialog dismiss on the first click (but shows Toast) ?
On the second click it dismisses (Toast is shown again).
private void networkDialog(){
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(EnterActivity.this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent_NoTitleBar);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
Button nobutton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.dialogButLeft);
nobutton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
dialog.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "DIALOG", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
dialog.show();
}
Try this way .Let me inform .I hope it will help you.
private void networkDialog()
{
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(EnterActivity.this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent_NoTitleBar);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
Button nobutton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.dialogButLeft);
nobutton.setOnClickListener(this);
dialog.show();
}
Then Use onClick switch Statement
public void onClick(View view)
{
switch (view.getId())
{
case R.id.dialogButLeft:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "DIALOG", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
dialog.dismiss();
break;
}
}
A bit late but a colleague had the same issue and referred to this, are you absolutely sure that you're not creating two dialogs by calling networkDialog() twice?
Add some unique text to the dialog that will be visible to you when it's displayed like System.currentTimeMillis(), that way you can see if it's called twice because the text is different.
Or add logging / run in debug
Make your Button also final like this:
private void networkDialog(){
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(EnterActivity.this, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent_NoTitleBar);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
final Button nobutton = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.dialogButLeft);
nobutton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
dialog.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "DIALOG", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
dialog.show();
}
it's working for me in my app like this:
// Initialize variables
final Dialog passwordDialog = new Dialog(BPMActivity.this,R.style.CustomDialogStyle);
passwordDialog.setContentView(R.layout.password_view);
final Button btnCancel=(Button) passwordDialog.findViewById(R.id.btn_cancel);
btnCancel.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
passwordDialog.dismiss();
}
});
passwordDialog.show();
I don't know if this is still relevant to the OP. But I've been banging my head against the wall for quite some time trying to figure this one out. It appears to happen in later (5-6+) Android versions and did not occur on a 4.4.2 device which I have. The solution I've found is to setFocusableInTouchMode of the Button to false:
button.setFocusableInTouchMode(false)
This answer gave me the idea:
I have to click the button twice for it to work

Calling dismiss() on an Android Dialog that instantiates a new Activity/Fragment

I was wondering if when using a Dialog/Fragment Dialog to instantiate a new Activity/Fragment is it programatically correct to call dialog.dismiss() or will it automatically occur?
For example:
FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager();
final CustomDialogFragment dialog = CustomDialogFragment.newInstance(
"Continue / Checkout",
"Would you like to continue shopping or proceed to checkout",
"Continue Shopping", "Checkout");
dialog.show(fm, "checkout_dialog_fragment");
dialog.getFragmentManager().executePendingTransactions();
Dialog d = dialog.getDialog();
Button leftButton = (Button) d.findViewById(R.id.button1);
Button rightButton = (Button) d.findViewById(R.id.button2);
leftButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
rightButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// DOES THIS DISMISS HAVE TO BE CALLED??
dialog.dismiss();
mListener.onFragmentRequestGoToBasket();
}
});
No you don't expressively need to as whichever activity you are starting afterwards will dismiss it.
dismiss() just removes the Dialog from the viewstack, it does not delete all underlying references to Dialog objects.
While I would say you don't need to do it, I still would, if not for performance for better readability by other developpers.
The Android Reference on Dialogs explains both of these points.

how to create a custom dialog and receive results in android?

i have an activity that when user click on button , a dialog open. in this dialog there is a spinner that have 3 choices: Blue,Red,Green. and there is a submit button. i want that when user select a color and click on submit, in caller activity, its String color set to selected color in dialog. i try this: but not worked. please help me....
String color;
String dialogColor;
showDialog.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(context);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
dialog.setTitle("my dialog");
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) dialog.findViewById(R.id.spinner);
final TextView status = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.status);
Button submit = (Button) dialog.findViewById(R.id.submit);
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
dialogColor = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
status.setText("Color is: "+dialogColor);
color = dialogColor;
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
});
submit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra("Color",dialogColor);
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
dialog.show();
}
});
i use both of direct and with intent ways to assign my color String to selected value. but not worked. where i have mistake?
I think the best way to create custom dialogs now is the Dialog Fragment, because the simple dialog it's limited. For example it's the way to create a dialogs with material design. And you have a differents ways to take info from dialog fragment, the first and the second for example.
This is basic code to create a dialog fragment:
//Method to call and start dialog fragment class
public void ShowPhotoFilesDialog(Activity context,File photo){
//Declaration of classes
Custom_DialogFragment custom_dialogFragment = new Custom_DialogFragment ();
FragmentManager fragmentManager = context.getFragmentManager();
// The device is using a large layout, so show the fragment as a dialog
custom_dialogFragment.show(fragmentManager, "dialog");
}
And this is the basic dialog fragment class:
public class Custom_DialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
try {
// The only reason you might override this method when using onCreateView() is
// to modify any dialog characteristics. For example, the dialog includes a
// title by default, but your custom layout might not need it. So here you can
// remove the dialog title, but you must call the superclass to get the Dialog.
Dialog dialog = super.onCreateDialog(savedInstanceState);
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
//To hide action bar from layout
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
//Declaration of controls
View v = getActivity().getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_custom_layout);
builder.setView(v);
//My code
return builder.create();
}
catch (Exception ex){
Log.e("-- Custom_DialogFragment.onCreateDialog --","",ex);
return null;
}
}
}
Tell me if I helped you, good programming!

AlertDialog won't show in onCreate method

So I want to ask a user their name before continuing the build of an activity. Most of the activity is populated dynamically so it seems like this should be easy. For some reason, the Dialog never appears though. I've tried everything and the only thing I can think of is: Perhaps it doesn't like being in the onCreate method? It doesn't seem like this should be an issue though since it's literally the last method being called in onCreate. Check it out and let me know what you see:
onCreate method:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
initializeHotels();
FIRST_TURN = true;
clearOldBoard();
setContentView(R.layout.activity_game_board);
setUpBoardGUI();
setOnPlayerSetUpEventListener(new onPlayerSetUpEventListener() {
#Override
public void onPlayerSetUp(){
prepForFirstTurn();
}
});
startGameDialog();
}
And the startGameDialog method:
public void startGameDialog(){
Context context = getApplicationContext();
ContextThemeWrapper ctw = new ContextThemeWrapper(context, R.style.AppBaseTheme);
AlertDialog.Builder startGameDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(ctw);
startGameDialog.setTitle(getResources().getString(R.string.whats_your_name));
LinearLayout dialogLayout = new LinearLayout(context);
final EditText newName = new EditText(context);
newName.setText("");
Button submit = new Button(context);
OnClickListener onClick = new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
GameBoardActivity.NAME = newName.toString();
setUpPlayers();
}
};
submit.setOnClickListener(onClick);
dialogLayout.addView(newName);
dialogLayout.addView(submit);
startGameDialog.setView(dialogLayout);
Dialog dialog = startGameDialog.create();
dialog.show();
dialog.setCancelable(false);
}
The create method return an instance of AlertDialog
Instead of initializing it to the Dialog when you call the create method of the AlertDialog
Dialog dialog = startGameDialog.create();
dialog.show();
pass it to the AlertDialog
AlertDialog alertDialog = startGameDialog.create();
alertDialog.show();
use the currents activity context rather than using the whole application contex.t
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