How do I display an alert dialog on Android?

Question

I want to display a dialog/popup window with a message to the user that shows \"Are you sure you want to delete this entry?\" with one button that says \'Delete\'. When

Answer 1

Nowadays it's better to use DialogFragment instead of direct AlertDialog creation.

• How? See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21032871/1390874
• Why? See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13765411/1390874