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how to make a prompt edit text dialog when open the application and store the data to preference?

I have read many articles, but all are about to set a preference screen and click on a preference item say the edit text then it prompts the edit text dialog. Now i just want tohave a dialog that will prompt when the app is first created and store the input data to preference. could I use DialogPreference in this case?

Solution

  • Yes, of course you can... At first, in onCreate of your activity create - 

    boolean firstrun = getSharedPreferences("PREFERENCE", MODE_PRIVATE).getBoolean("firstrun", true);

    Then check - 

    if (firstrun) {
//Call HERE your showDialog, for example...
 showDialog(DIALOG_TEXT_ENTRY1);
}

    And the last - just override onCreateDialog by ... - 

     @Override
protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
    switch (id) {
    //main title
    case DIALOG_TEXT_ENTRY1:
         LayoutInflater factorymain = LayoutInflater.from(this);
         final View textEntryViewMain = factorymain.inflate(R.layout.main_title_dialog, null);  
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    By Layoutinflater as shown above you can show any layout with any editText objects you want....