How to start an activity from a dialog in Android

Question

I created a custom dialog and I'd like to start a new activity when OK is clicked. How can I get the context to set it as first argument of my Intent constructor?

I can create the intent using getContext(), but I can't call startActivity. Shall I pass the activity calling the dialog to the dialog's constructor? Is it the usual way to start an activity by clicking a dialog?

public class CustomDialog extends Dialog implements OnClickListener {
    Button okButton, cancelButton;

    public CustomDialog(Context context) {      
        super(context);     
        setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
        okButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_ok);
        okButton.setOnClickListener(this);
        cancelButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_cancel);
        cancelButton.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {       
        if (v == cancelButton)
            dismiss();
        else {
            Intent i = new Intent(getContext(), ItemSelection.class);
            startActivity(i); //The method startActivity(Intent) is undefined for the type CustomDialog
        }
    }
}

EricLarch · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21T20:47:04.510

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public class CustomDialog extends Dialog implements OnClickListener {
  Button okButton, cancelButton;
  Activity mActivity;

  public CustomDialog(Activity activity) {      
    super(activity);
    mActivity = activity;
    setContentView(R.layout.custom_dialog);
    okButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_ok);
    okButton.setOnClickListener(this);
    cancelButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_cancel);
    cancelButton.setOnClickListener(this);
  }

  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {       
    if (v == cancelButton)
        dismiss();
    else {
        Intent i = new Intent(mActivity, ItemSelection.class);
        mActivity.startActivity(i);
    }
  }
}

edited Feb 21 '11 at 20:47

answered Feb 21 '11 at 20:11

EricLarch

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It seems that I can't call startActivity: "The method startActivity(Intent) is undefined for the type CustomDialog" – jul Feb 21 '11 at 20:19
I made the correction. You can either do it this way, or make the declaration of the Dialog class inside your activity which will give access directly to the `Activity`'s method – EricLarch Feb 21 '11 at 20:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 20:07

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Intent i = new Intent(getBaseContext(), ItemSelection.class);

This worked for me although the structure is different, there is no class for the dialog.

answered Apr 11 '13 at 20:07

lorless

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '11 at 20:07

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@dhaag23 You don't even have to do that much work!

Call getContext()

This returns the Context passed to the Dialog's constructor.

answered Feb 21 '11 at 20:07

Cheezmeister

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Cheezmeister you are right. Other can see source of Dialog.java – Yura Shinkarev May 01 '12 at 13:26

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '11 at 20:04

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Simple, just save the context that gets passed into the CustomDialog constructor in a local variable.

answered Feb 21 '11 at 20:04

dhaag23

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Like Cheezmeister wrote it is not nessesary to get the Actvitiy. You can simply use the context like this:

Intent i = new Intent(getContext(), ItemSelection.class);
getContext().startActivity(i);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

Community

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answered Feb 12 '14 at 11:01

rekire

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 06 '17 at 15:33

I suggest you use this. It makes it so simple:

AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(RegistrationActivity.this);
dialog.setCancelable(false);
dialog.setTitle("Error Alert");
dialog.setMessage(info[1]);
dialog.setPositiveButton("ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(RegistrationActivity.this, RegistrationActivity.class);

        startActivity(intent);
    }
})
.setNegativeButton("", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

    }
});

final AlertDialog alert = dialog.create();
alert.show();

info[1] is my data which is shown. You can replace this with your own message.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 09 '18 at 08:25

If you are working on a DialogFragment you can do it that way:

public class MyDialogFragment : DialogFragment
    {
        private Context _Context;
        ...

         public override void OnActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            _Context = Context;

            ...


            alertDialog.SetButton("Start Activity Button", delegate
            {
                var uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse("https://.....");
                var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionView, uri);
                _Context.StartActivity(intent);

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