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why setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false) doesn't work in Alert builder?

I have an alert dialog in my activity and don't want user can dismiss it by clicking outside of the dialog. Based on my research (like this) I found setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false); method. However, I couldn't use it in my application and it is possible to dismiss dialog while I have this method.

this is my code:

private AlertDialog alertDialog;
alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
alertDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
alertDialog.setTitle("");
alertDialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEUTRAL, "OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        switch (intAlertAction) {
            case 1:
            case 2:
            case 3:
            default:
        }
}
});

any suggestion would be appreciated.

Solution

  • This is an interesting question and I think I know your answer.

    I have been testing an application on different platforms and I noticed a small difference between them. Above android 4.0 when you touch a Toast message, it simply disappears. I guess it is the same with dialogs (and AlertDialogs). It simply "disappears" when touching (but it is not dismissed! - just cannot be seen).

    Hope it helped!