Xamarin C# - Android - Prevent an AlertDialog from closing on PositiveButton click

Question

I\'m new to Xamarin and I don\'t know how to do the following in c#. I want to prevent an alertdialog from closing when clicking on the Positive/Negative buttons. I need to do s

Answer 1

This requires to think a bit outside the box. You will have to manipulate the AlertDialog object directly:

// Build the dialog.
var builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.SetTitle("Click me!");

// Create empty event handlers, we will override them manually instead of letting the builder handling the clicks.
builder.SetPositiveButton("Yes", (EventHandler)null);
builder.SetNegativeButton("No", (EventHandler)null);
var dialog = builder.Create();

// Show the dialog. This is important to do before accessing the buttons.
dialog.Show();

// Get the buttons.
var yesBtn = dialog.GetButton((int)DialogButtonType.Positive);
var noBtn = dialog.GetButton((int)DialogButtonType.Negative);

// Assign our handlers.
yesBtn.Click += (sender, args) =>
{
    // Don't dismiss dialog.
    Console.WriteLine("I am here to stay!");
};
noBtn.Click += (sender, args) =>
{
    // Dismiss dialog.
    Console.WriteLine("I will dismiss now!");
    dialog.Dismiss();
};