AlertDialog.Builder cannot be resolved to a type error

Question

I receive the error on the line below:

AlertDialog.Builder  alrtDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

The Error show is :

AlertDialog.Builder cannot be resolved to a type

I import the following for this:

import android.content.DialogInterface;

the java code in the example(from android programming unleashed) includes android.app.AlertDialog but importing this results in message: conflicts with a type defined in the same file

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:26

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You have to import this

import android.app.AlertDialog.Builder

answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:26

Timothy T.

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Grats on beating the other answers by mere minutes. In any case, what would you do if this didn't resolve the issue? I'm still getting a "can not resolve symbol" in an Android LibGDX project. – Herb Meehan May 07 '15 at 00:44

Hariharan · Answer 2 · 2013-12-19T07:33:04.803

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Try to import

import android.app.AlertDialog;

and also if your using this line AlertDialogManager alert = new AlertDialogManager(); remove it and try.

edited Dec 19 '13 at 07:33

answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:27

Hariharan

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:28

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first check that you have import the corresponding package

import android.app.AlertDialog; and then c

check that you are using your activity instance

AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(yourActivityname.this);

answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:28

Nambi

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:36

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You must import your AlertDialog

import android.app.AlertDialog.Builder

instead of

import android.content.DialogInterface;

Also Change

AlertDialog.Builder  alrtDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(YourActivity.this);

answered Dec 19 '13 at 07:36

Piyush

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AlertDialog.Builder cannot be resolved to a type error

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