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

Use AlertDialog.Builder :

AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
//set icon 
 .setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert)
//set title
.setTitle("Are you sure to Exit")
//set message
.setMessage("Exiting will call finish() method")
//set positive button
.setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
   //set what would happen when positive button is clicked    
        finish();
    }
})
//set negative button
.setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
   //set what should happen when negative button is clicked
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Nothing Happened",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
})
.show();

You will get the following output.

To view alert dialog tutorial use the link below.

Android Alert Dialog Tutorial

Answer 2

Alert dialog with edit text

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);//Context is activity context
final EditText input = new EditText(context);
builder.setTitle(getString(R.string.remove_item_dialog_title));
        builder.setMessage(getString(R.string.dialog_message_remove_item));
 builder.setTitle(getString(R.string.update_qty));
            builder.setMessage("");
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                    LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                    LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
            input.setLayoutParams(lp);
            input.setHint(getString(R.string.enter_qty));
            input.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.textColor));
            input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
            input.setText("String in edit text you want");
            builder.setView(input);
   builder.setPositiveButton(getString(android.R.string.ok),
                (dialog, which) -> {

//Positive button click event
  });

 builder.setNegativeButton(getString(android.R.string.cancel),
                (dialog, which) -> {
//Negative button click event
                });
        AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
        dialog.show();

Answer 3

for me

new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
    .setTitle("Closing application")
    .setMessage("Are you sure you want to exit?")
    .setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
          @Override
          public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

          }
     }).setNegativeButton("No", null).show();

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

Code to delete an entry from the list

 /*--dialog for delete entry--*/
private void cancelBookingAlert() {
    AlertDialog dialog;
    final AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this, R.style.AlertDialogCustom);
    alertDialog.setTitle("Delete Entry");
    alertDialog.setMessage("Are you sure you want to delete this entry?");
    alertDialog.setCancelable(false);

    alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Delete", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
           //code to delete entry
        }
    });

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

    dialog = alertDialog.create();
    dialog.show();
}

Call above method on delete button click

Answer 6

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    builder.setTitle("This is Title");
    builder.setMessage("This is message for Alert Dialog");
    builder.setPositiveButton("Positive Button", (dialog, which) -> onBackPressed());
    builder.setNegativeButton("Negative Button", (dialog, which) -> dialog.cancel());
    builder.show();

This is a way which alike to create the Alert dialog with some line of code.