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

I'd like to add on David Hedlund great answer by sharing a more dynamic method than what he posted so it can be used when you do have a negative action to perform and when you don't, i hope it helps.

private void showAlertDialog(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull String alertDialogTitle, @NonNull String alertDialogMessage, @NonNull String positiveButtonText, @Nullable String negativeButtonText, @NonNull final int positiveAction, @Nullable final Integer negativeAction, @NonNull boolean hasNegativeAction)
{
    AlertDialog.Builder builder;
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context, android.R.style.Theme_Material_Dialog_Alert);
    } else {
        builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
    }
    builder.setTitle(alertDialogTitle)
            .setMessage(alertDialogMessage)
            .setPositiveButton(positiveButtonText, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    switch (positiveAction)
                    {
                        case 1:
                            //TODO:Do your positive action here 
                            break;
                    }
                }
            });
            if(hasNegativeAction || negativeAction!=null || negativeButtonText!=null)
            {
            builder.setNegativeButton(negativeButtonText, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    switch (negativeAction)
                    {
                        case 1:
                            //TODO:Do your negative action here
                            break;
                        //TODO: add cases when needed
                    }
                }
            });
            }
            builder.setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert);
            builder.show();
}