Android PromptDialog example

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/buttonPrompt"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Show Prompt Dialog" />
 
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextResult"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
 
    </EditText>
 
</LinearLayout>

prompts.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/layout_root"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="10dp" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Type Your Message : "
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
 
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextDialogUserInput"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
 
        <requestFocus />
 
    </EditText>
 
</LinearLayout>

PromptDialogDemoActivity.java

package com.cjp.promptdialog;


import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;


public class PromptDialogDemoActivity extends Activity {
 
final Context context = this;
private Button button;
private EditText result;
 
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
// components from main.xml
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonPrompt);
result = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextResult);
 
// add button listener
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
 
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
 
// get prompts.xml view
LayoutInflater li = LayoutInflater.from(context);
View promptsView = li.inflate(R.layout.prompts, null);
 
AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
context);
 
// set prompts.xml to alertdialog builder
alertDialogBuilder.setView(promptsView);
 
final EditText userInput = (EditText) promptsView
.findViewById(R.id.editTextDialogUserInput);
 
// set dialog message
alertDialogBuilder
.setCancelable(false)
.setPositiveButton("OK",
 new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
   public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int id) {
// get user input and set it to result
// edit text
result.setText(userInput.getText());
   }
 })
.setNegativeButton("Cancel",
 new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
   public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int id) {
dialog.cancel();
   }
 });
 
// create alert dialog
AlertDialog alertDialog = alertDialogBuilder.create();
 
// show it
alertDialog.show();
 
}
});
}
}