Android AlertDialog

Android AlertDialog Example

AlertDialog can be used to display the dialog message with OK and Cancel buttons. It can be used to interrupt and ask the user about his/her choice to continue or discontinue.

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Example of Android AlertDialog

activity_main.xml

You can have multiple components, here we are having only a textview.

File: activity_main.xml

 

<RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"  
    android:layout_width="match_parent"  
    android:layout_height="match_parent"  
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >  
  
    <TextView  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"  
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"  
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />  
  
</RelativeLayout>  

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strings.xml

Optionally, you can store the dialog message and title in the strings.xml file.

File: strings.xml

 

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<resources>  
  
    <string name="app_name">alertdialog</string>  
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>  
    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>  
    <string name="dialog_message">Welcome to Alert Dialog</string>  
   
   <string name="dialog_title">Javatpoint Alert Dialog</string>  
</resources>  

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Activity class

Let's write the code to create and show the AlertDialog.

File: MainActivity.java

 

package com.example.alertdialog;  
  
import android.os.Bundle;  
import android.app.Activity;  
import android.app.AlertDialog;  
import android.content.DialogInterface;  
import android.view.Menu;  
  
public class MainActivity extends Activity {  
  
    @Override  
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
          
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);  
        //Uncomment the below code to Set the message and title from the strings.xml file  
        //builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_message) .setTitle(R.string.dialog_title);  
          
        //Setting message manually and performing action on button click  
        builder.setMessage("Do you want to close this application ?")  
            .setCancelable(false)  
            .setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {  
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {  
                finish();  
                }  
            })  
            .setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {  
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {  
                //  Action for 'NO' Button  
                dialog.cancel();  
             }  
            });  
  
        //Creating dialog box  
        AlertDialog alert = builder.create();  
        //Setting the title manually  
        alert.setTitle("AlertDialogExample");  
        alert.show();  
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
    }  
  
    @Override  
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {  
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.  
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);  
        return true;  
    }  
  
}  

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