What is difference between Dialog.setContentView( View ) & AlertDialog.setView( View )

Question

I'm working on creating a custom dialog to get input from the user. I've noticed that when I use an AlertDialog I can add widgets such as an EditText to the AlertDialog using setView() method. I'm looking into customizing AlertDialog and noticed that Dialog has a method setContentView(). In the subclass of AlertDialog I could use either setContentView() or setView().

One difference I've noticed is when I use setView() on an AlertDialog, I can see Positive & Negative buttons. In my subclass of AlertDialog, using setContentView() I don't get the Positive & Negative buttons.

Can anyone explain other differences?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If I undesrstood it correctly, setContentView inflates the entire Dialog window with your custom layout. Title, icon, buttons... nothing remains. setView on the other hand sets the layout of the view between the buttons and the title.