What's the difference between AlertDialog.builder.setView and Dialog.setContentView? [closed]

Question

Here are the docs:

AlertDialog.builder.setView : Set a custom view to be the contents of the Dialog.

Dialog.setContentView : Set the screen content to an explicit view.

But i am still a little confused, could anybody explain them in more details?

Answer 1

setView does just that...sets one View. So it could be a ListView, TextView, etc...

setContentView is just like when you set it for an Activity. It sets a complete layout. Depending on which setContentView you use it may be a parent layout or a layout inflated from xml

setContentView(View view)

Set the screen content to an explicit view. This view is placed directly into the screen's view hierarchy. It can itself be a complex view hierarhcy.

or

setContentView(int layoutResID)

Set the screen content from a layout resource. The resource will be inflated, adding all top-level views to the screen.