Android: Dialog Box with an EditText
A simple code snippet I found over at http://www.androidsnippets.com/, shows how to create a dialog box with an EditText in it. I needed it to save a user’s login name into the preferences when first starting a program, but it pretty much has a limitless amount of uses.
Try playing around with setting different types of views to your dialog boxes. You’ll be surprised! Combine this with the techniques used in the AddContentView example and you can start adding some really unique layouts and stylings to your dialogs.
AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
alert.setTitle("Title");
alert.setMessage("Message");
// Set an EditText view to get user input
final EditText input = new EditText(this);
alert.setView(input);
alert.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
String value = input.getText();
// Do something with value!
}
});
alert.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
// Canceled.
}
});
alert.show();
-Kevin Grant