Closing a custom alert dialog on button click

Question

I'm having trouble closing my alert dialog. I am using a layout inflator to make the dialog, so I'm not sure how I would go about closing the thing after I'm done with it. Code is below:

AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(AddData.this); DialogInterface dia = new DialogInterface();  //Create a custom layout for the dialog box LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)AddData.this.getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.add_rep_1_set, parent, false);  TextView title = (TextView)layout.findViewById(R.id.rep_1_title); Button add_item = (Button)layout.findViewById(R.id.add_button);  add_item.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {         @Override         public void onClick(View v)         {         //Need this to close the alert dialog box         } });  title.setText(workout_items[position]); dialog.setView(layout); dialog.show(); 

I cant call finish, because that closes the listview that the alert dialog is launched from, and the dialog.dismiss calls are not available to me.

What do you think I should do to fix this?

Answer 1

AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(AddData.this); DialogInterface dia = new DialogInterface();  //Create a custom layout for the dialog box LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)AddData.this.getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.add_rep_1_set, parent, false);  TextView title = (TextView)layout.findViewById(R.id.rep_1_title); Button add_item = (Button)layout.findViewById(R.id.add_button);  title.setText(workout_items[position]); dialog.setView(layout);  AlertDialog alertDialog = dialog.create();  add_item.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {     @Override     public void onClick(View v)     {         alertDialog.dismiss();     } });   alertDialog.show(); 

Answer 2

Try this:

    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);      LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();     View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.brush_opts_dialog,null);      builder.setView(dialogView);       closeBtn = (Button)dialogView.findViewById(R.id.close_btn);      final AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();      closeBtn .setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {         @Override         public void onClick(View v) {             dialog.dismiss();         }     });      dialog.show(); 

You should use the AlertDialog.Builder to "build" the Alert Dialog itself. Then, call the create() method on the AlertDialog.Builder object. This method returns an AlertDialog object, which allows you to call dismiss().

You should not have to create it multiple times, nor use any DialogInterface objects. This works for me. Let me know how it goes for you.