Why does my negative button appear on the left side of my alert dialog?

Question

    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    builder.setTitle("Do you want to continue?");
    builder.setMessage("Press Yes or No");
    builder.setCancelable(false);
    builder.setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
            dialog.dismiss();
        }
    });
    builder.setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity3.this,MainActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    });

Positive button appears on right side instead of the left.

Well, you can just switch your "Yes" and "No" strings, the important thing is what is inside the listener of each button. — Stefano Leone, Jun 03 '21 at 10:57
I think positive should be on right Side since its Positive . Just switch the text and listeners . — ADM, Jun 03 '21 at 11:04
Positive button appears in the right side only. It's the correct behavior — Shivam Pokhriyal, Jun 03 '21 at 11:08

Slamit · Answer 1 · 2021-06-03T11:11:05.887

By default AlertDialog put the positive button on the right (if you have a Left to right reading setting). AlertDialog is impacted by reading direction settings so it will change based on the layout direction:

getWindows().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);

If you want to swap the buttons what is suggested in the comment will work:

swap string
swap code

It will confuse the user though as they will expect the positive button to be on the right (for LtR readers)

Why does my negative button appear on the left side of my alert dialog?

1 Answers1