Android program to implement AlertDialog
AlertDialog in Android is a subclass of Dialog class. AlertDialog is used to display message with yes/no buttons.
AlertDialog contains a title section, content section and action buttons.
To make an alert dialog, you need to make an object of AlertDialogBuilder.
Syntax is given below:-
AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
In the code given below, we will be having two action buttons yes/no to close the android application.
Steps to create the application:-
- Open Android Studio and create a new Android application and name it as “AlertDialog” and company domain as codedost so your package will be automatically set.
- Open an Empty Activity and name it as MainActivity.
- Copy the contents of res/layout/activity_main.xml file.
- Run the application to launch Android emulator or you can run it on your mobile also(which is way faster).
XML File(res/layout/activity_main.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="@+id/activity_main" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context="codeost.alertdialog.MainActivity"> <Button android:text="Show AlertDialog Box" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:id="@+id/button" /> </RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
package codedost.alertdialog; import android.content.DialogInterface; import android.preference.DialogPreference; import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { Button b1; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); b1=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button); b1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { AlertDialog.Builder builder=new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this); builder.setMessage("Do you want to closs the application?").setCancelable(false).setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { finish(); } }) .setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { dialog.cancel(); } }); AlertDialog alertDialog=builder.create(); alertDialog.setTitle("AlertDialogBox"); alertDialog.show(); } }); } }