Styling titleDivider in Dialog

Question

I am wondering how it is possible to get rid of (or change color) titleDivider in Dialog. It is a blue line below dialog title shown on honeycomb+ devices.

I guess this is relevant piece of layout from SDK, but since there is no style attribute I dont know how to style it. If i try with findViewById there is no android.R.id.titleDivider

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
    <TextView android:id="@android:id/title" style="?android:attr/windowTitleStyle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:minHeight="@android:dimen/alert_dialog_title_height"
        android:paddingLeft="16dip"
        android:paddingRight="16dip"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|left" />
    <View android:id="@+id/titleDivider"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="2dip"
            android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_light" />
    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:foreground="?android:attr/windowContentOverlay">
        <FrameLayout android:id="@android:id/content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
    </FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I have tried to override dialogTitleDecorLayout which is only reference to dialog_title_holo.xml in my theme.xml, but without success. Error is:

error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'dialogTitleDecorLayout'.

Answer 1

To get a reference to titleDivider of AlertDialog to change its color:

int divierId = dialog.getContext().getResources()
                .getIdentifier("android:id/titleDivider", null, null);
View divider = dialog.findViewById(divierId);
divider.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.creamcolor));

Answer 2

You need to implement

myDialog = builder.create();
myDialog.setOnShowListener(new OnShowListenerMultiple());

//----------------------------
//Function to change the color of title and divider of AlertDialog
public static class OnShowListenerMultiple implements DialogInterface.OnShowListener {
    @Override
    public void onShow( DialogInterface dialog ) {
        if( !(dialog instanceof Dialog) )
            return;

        Dialog d = ((Dialog) dialog);
        final Resources resources = d.getContext().getResources();
        final int color = AppUtility.getColor( resources, R.color.defaultColor );

        try {
            int titleId = resources.getIdentifier( "android:id/alertTitle", null, null );
            TextView titleView = d.findViewById( titleId );
            titleView.setTextColor( color );
        }
        catch( Exception e ) {
            Log.e( "XXXXXX", "alertTitle could not change color" );
        }

        try {
            int divierId = resources.getIdentifier( "android:id/titleDivider", null, null );
            View divider = d.findViewById( divierId );
            divider.setBackgroundColor( color );
        }
        catch( Exception e ) {
            Log.e( "XXXXXX", "titleDivider could not change color" );
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

I solved the issue by using DialogFragment.STYLE_NO_TITLE theme and then faking title bar in dialog layout.

Answer 4

Here is how I resolved that (thanks to http://joerg-richter.fuyosoft.com/?p=181 ):

MyDialogBuilder.class

public class MyDialogBuilder extends android.app.AlertDialog.Builder {

public MyDialogBuilder(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@NonNull
@Override
public android.app.AlertDialog create() {
    final android.app.AlertDialog alertDialog = super.create();

    alertDialog.setOnShowListener(new DialogInterface.OnShowListener() {
        @Override
        public void onShow(DialogInterface dialog) {
            int titleDividerId = getContext().getResources()
                    .getIdentifier("titleDivider", "id", "android");

            View titleDivider = alertDialog.findViewById(titleDividerId);
            if (titleDivider != null) {
                titleDivider.setBackgroundColor(getContext().getResources()
                        .getColor(R.color.alert_dialog_divider));
            }
        }
    });

    return alertDialog;
}
}