AlertDialog or Custom Dialog

Question

I'm developing an Android 2.2 application.

I want to show a text with an Ok button but I want to add my custom style.

What is the better choice an AlertDialog with a custom layout or a Dialog?

Answer 1

I'd go for AlertDialog:

• It's easier to implement.
• The only custom thing you have to do is an XML layout and then inflate it.

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AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
    .setView(getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_dialog, null))
    .create();

In order to listen for UI events:

View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_dialog, null);
Button btn = (Button)view.findViewById(R.id.the_id_of_the_button);
btn.setOnClickListener(blah blah);
AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
    .setView(view)
    .create();

You can check in android dialog docs:

The Dialog class is the base class for dialogs, but you should avoid instantiating Dialog directly. Instead, use one of the following subclasses: