Alert Dialog code has three methods: setTitle() method for displaying the Alert Dialog box Title. setMessage() method for displaying the message. setIcon() method is use to set the icon on Alert dialog box.
Android ListView is a view which groups several items and display them in vertical scrollable list. The list items are automatically inserted to the list using an Adapter that pulls content from a source such as an array or database.
Used below code to display custom list in AlertDialog
AlertDialog.Builder builderSingle = new AlertDialog.Builder(DialogActivity.this);
builderSingle.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
builderSingle.setTitle("Select One Name:-");
final ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(DialogActivity.this, android.R.layout.select_dialog_singlechoice);
arrayAdapter.add("Hardik");
arrayAdapter.add("Archit");
arrayAdapter.add("Jignesh");
arrayAdapter.add("Umang");
arrayAdapter.add("Gatti");
builderSingle.setNegativeButton("cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
builderSingle.setAdapter(arrayAdapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
String strName = arrayAdapter.getItem(which);
AlertDialog.Builder builderInner = new AlertDialog.Builder(DialogActivity.this);
builderInner.setMessage(strName);
builderInner.setTitle("Your Selected Item is");
builderInner.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
builderInner.show();
}
});
builderSingle.show();
According to the documentation, there are three kinds of lists that can be used with an AlertDialog
:
I will give an example of each below.
The way to make a traditional single-choice list is to use setItems
.
Java version
// setup the alert builder
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
builder.setTitle("Choose an animal");
// add a list
String[] animals = {"horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat"};
builder.setItems(animals, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
switch (which) {
case 0: // horse
case 1: // cow
case 2: // camel
case 3: // sheep
case 4: // goat
}
}
});
// create and show the alert dialog
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.show();
There is no need for an OK button because as soon as the user clicks on a list item control is returned to the OnClickListener
.
Kotlin version
// setup the alert builder
val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
builder.setTitle("Choose an animal")
// add a list
val animals = arrayOf("horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat")
builder.setItems(animals) { dialog, which ->
when (which) {
0 -> { /* horse */ }
1 -> { /* cow */ }
2 -> { /* camel */ }
3 -> { /* sheep */ }
4 -> { /* goat */ }
}
}
// create and show the alert dialog
val dialog = builder.create()
dialog.show()
The advantage of the radio button list over the traditional list is that the user can see what the current setting is. The way to make a radio button list is to use setSingleChoiceItems
.
Java version
// setup the alert builder
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
builder.setTitle("Choose an animal");
// add a radio button list
String[] animals = {"horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat"};
int checkedItem = 1; // cow
builder.setSingleChoiceItems(animals, checkedItem, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// user checked an item
}
});
// add OK and Cancel buttons
builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// user clicked OK
}
});
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);
// create and show the alert dialog
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.show();
I hard coded the chosen item here, but you could keep track of it with a class member variable in a real project.
Kotlin version
// setup the alert builder
val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
builder.setTitle("Choose an animal")
// add a radio button list
val animals = arrayOf("horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat")
val checkedItem = 1 // cow
builder.setSingleChoiceItems(animals, checkedItem) { dialog, which ->
// user checked an item
}
// add OK and Cancel buttons
builder.setPositiveButton("OK") { dialog, which ->
// user clicked OK
}
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null)
// create and show the alert dialog
val dialog = builder.create()
dialog.show()
The way to make a checkbox list is to use setMultiChoiceItems
.
Java version
// setup the alert builder
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
builder.setTitle("Choose some animals");
// add a checkbox list
String[] animals = {"horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat"};
boolean[] checkedItems = {true, false, false, true, false};
builder.setMultiChoiceItems(animals, checkedItems, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {
// user checked or unchecked a box
}
});
// add OK and Cancel buttons
builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// user clicked OK
}
});
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);
// create and show the alert dialog
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.show();
Here I hard coded the the which items in the list were already checked. It is more likely that you would want to keep track of them in an ArrayList<Integer>
. See the documentation example for more details. You can also set the checked items to null
if you always want everything to start unchecked.
Kotlin version
// setup the alert builder
val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
builder.setTitle("Choose some animals")
// add a checkbox list
val animals = arrayOf("horse", "cow", "camel", "sheep", "goat")
val checkedItems = booleanArrayOf(true, false, false, true, false)
builder.setMultiChoiceItems(animals, checkedItems) { dialog, which, isChecked ->
// user checked or unchecked a box
}
// add OK and Cancel buttons
builder.setPositiveButton("OK") { dialog, which ->
// user clicked OK
}
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null)
// create and show the alert dialog
val dialog = builder.create()
dialog.show()
context
in the code above, don't use getApplicationContext()
or you will get an IllegalStateException
(see here for why). Instead, get a reference to the activity context, such as with this
.setAdapter
or setCursor
or passing in a Cursor
or ListAdapter
into the setSingleChoiceItems
or setMultiChoiceItems
.To test all of the examples above I just had a simple project with a single button than showed the dialog when clicked:
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
Context context;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
context = this;
}
public void showAlertDialogButtonClicked(View view) {
// example code to create alert dialog lists goes here
}
}
You can use a custom dialog.
Custom dialog layout. list.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ListView
android:id="@+id/lv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
In your activity
Dialog dialog = new Dialog(Activity.this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.list)
ListView lv = (ListView ) dialog.findViewById(R.id.lv);
dialog.setCancelable(true);
dialog.setTitle("ListView");
dialog.show();
Edit:
Using alertdialog
String names[] ={"A","B","C","D"};
AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
View convertView = (View) inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom, null);
alertDialog.setView(convertView);
alertDialog.setTitle("List");
ListView lv = (ListView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.lv);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,names);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
alertDialog.show();
custom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
Snap
final CharSequence[] items = {"A", "B", "C"};
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("Make your selection");
builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
// Do something with the selection
mDoneButton.setText(items[item]);
}
});
AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
alert.show();
Use the "import android.app.AlertDialog;
" import and then you write
String[] items = {"...","...."};
AlertDialog.Builder build = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
build.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
//do stuff....
}
}).create().show();
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