AlertDialog: Why can't I show Message and List together?

Question

Does anybody know why the AlertDialog doesn't show the list of items when I add a Message with .setMessage()? The negative and positive buttons will be shown, but not the list. When I delete the line with .setMessage() everything works.

This is my code:

AlertDialog.Builder myAlertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this.getActivity()); myAlertDialog.setTitle("Options"); myAlertDialog.setMessage("Choose a color.");  CharSequence[] items = {"RED", "BLUE", "GREEN" };  myAlertDialog.setSingleChoiceItems(items, -1, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {      @Override     public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {         // do stuff     } });  myAlertDialog.setNegativeButton("NO",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {      @Override     public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {        // do stuff     } });  myAlertDialog.setPositiveButton("YES",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {      @Override     public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {        // do stuff     } });  myAlertDialog.create(); myAlertDialog.show(); 

Answer 1

From the docs,

Because the list appears in the dialog's content area, the dialog cannot show both a message and a list and you should set a title for the dialog with setTitle().

The setMessage() and setSingleChoiceItems() are therefore mutually exclusive.