How can I get the results from an AlertDialog?

Question

I am using an AlertDialog.Builder to display a dialog to prompt the user to enter a password, I then want to save that password in a preference, however I can't figure out how to get the result from the alert dialog's input method.

Here is essentially what I would like to be able to do:

    String result;     AlertDialog.Builder b = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);     b.setTitle("Please enter a password");     final EditText input = new EditText(this);     b.setView(input);     b.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()     {         @Override         public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton)         {            //I get a compile error here, it wants result to be final.            result = input.getText().toString();         }     });     b.setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null);     b.create().show(); 

However, I am open to doing something such as showDialog(int); then using the onCreateDialog(int) method and somehow setting the result and receiving it in some other method, but I have no idea how to go about the last part.

Answer 1

public class MyActivity extends Activity {     private String result;      void showDialog() {         AlertDialog.Builder b = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);         b.setTitle("Please enter a password");         final EditText input = new EditText(this);         b.setView(input);         b.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {                 result = input.getText().toString();             }         });         b.setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null);         b.show();     } }