How to display a Yes/No dialog box on Android?

Question

Yes, I know there's AlertDialog.Builder, but I'm shocked to know how difficult (well, at least not programmer-friendly) to display a dialog in Android.

I used to be a .NET developer, and I'm wondering is there any Android-equivalent of the following?

if (MessageBox.Show("Sure?", "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes){     // Do something... } 

Answer 1

AlertDialog.Builder really isn't that hard to use. It's a bit intimidating at first for sure, but once you've used it a bit it's both simple and powerful. I know you've said you know how to use it, but here's just a simple example anyway:

DialogInterface.OnClickListener dialogClickListener = new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {     @Override     public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {         switch (which){         case DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE:             //Yes button clicked             break;          case DialogInterface.BUTTON_NEGATIVE:             //No button clicked             break;         }     } };  AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context); builder.setMessage("Are you sure?").setPositiveButton("Yes", dialogClickListener)     .setNegativeButton("No", dialogClickListener).show(); 

You can also reuse that DialogInterface.OnClickListener if you have other yes/no boxes that should do the same thing.

If you're creating the Dialog from within a View.OnClickListener, you can use view.getContext() to get the Context. Alternatively you can use yourFragmentName.getActivity().

Answer 2

Try this:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);  builder.setTitle("Confirm"); builder.setMessage("Are you sure?");  builder.setPositiveButton("YES", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {         // Do nothing but close the dialog          dialog.dismiss();     } });  builder.setNegativeButton("NO", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {      @Override     public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {          // Do nothing         dialog.dismiss();     } });  AlertDialog alert = builder.create(); alert.show();