How to define as a view for an AlertDialog a view described in a XML file

Question

Here is my problem. I would like to have an AlertDialog that have a title and a positive button. I want to describe the content of the AlertDialog in a XML file (except for the title/button). I have created a file called dlg_addpwd.xml in my layout resources. Here is the code I'm using:

  AlertDialog alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);  
  alert.setTitle("Password access");
  alert.setView(findViewById(R.layout.dlg_addpwd));
  alert.setPositiveButton("Add", listenAddPwdDlg);
  alert.show();

I guess the line

  alert.setView(findViewById(R.layout.dlg_addpwd));

is wrong, isn't it ? So the main idea of my question is: how to define as a view for an AlertDialog a view described in a XML file?

Thanks

Vincent

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 17 '15 at 13:55

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) 
        getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.paypaldialog, 
        (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.yourDialog));
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(YourClass.this)
        .setView(layout);
    alertDialog = builder.create();
    alertDialog.show();

that is how I do it.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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See my answer to Customizing the Alert dialog in Android to create a custom Alert Dialog.

The main problem with your code is that you don't want to use AlertDialog.Builder. Instead you want to create a new Dialog, and use setContentView() to render your XML.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Jan 25 '11 at 17:05

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How to define as a view for an AlertDialog a view described in a XML file

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