Calling android dialog without it fading the background

Question

I have this nice dialog view I set my UserInputDialog class to:

    <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"      android:layout_width="fill_parent"      android:layout_height="fill_parent"      android:orientation="vertical"     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">          <TextView         android:id="@+id/nameMessage"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="What is your name Captain?"         >         </TextView>         <EditText         android:id="@+id/nameEditText"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18sp"         >         </EditText>     <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout02" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"          android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">     <Button         android:id="@+id/okButton"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="OK">         </Button>         <Button android:id="@+id/cancelButton"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Cancel">         </Button>                    </LinearLayout> </LinearLayout> 

I want my dialog to show up but for the background to not fade out. Is this possible? Cause the view that calls this dialog has a neato background I would like to be shown as a backdrop to the dialog.

I found this online:

<style name="doNotDim" parent="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">     <item name="android:backgroundDimAmount">0</item> </style > 

but not sure how to apply that to my dialog? I have a class called public class UserInputDialog extends Dialog implements OnClickListener. It sets its content view to the layout described above.

I think I am doing this all right, just not sure how to add that style so I can NOT fade the background.

Secondary question: Can you get new looks on your dialog (by say having an image or icon display with your text there) by using Themes?

Answer 1

You can also remove the dim effect by code with the following:

dialog.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND);