That was it.
Hopefully this post will help others. I could not find a good example of
using AlertDialog for text input. The API Demos example does not show how
to return the text!
Thanks again Mark!
Jason Van Anden
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote:
>
> Jason Van Anden wrote:
> > I am having a problem using AlertDialog for input text.
> >
> > Code follows ... everything appears on screen as it should until I click
> > OK - then I get a force close.
> >
> > I get a null error on line where Editable e = et.getText();.
> >
> > Second set of eyes and a sturdy brain appreciated...
> >
> >
> >
> > private void enter_search(){
> >
> > LayoutInflater factory = LayoutInflater.from(this);
> > final View textEntryView =
> > factory.inflate(R.layout.search_dialog, null);
> >
> > new AlertDialog.Builder(Peeps.this)
> >
> > //.setIcon(R.drawable.alert_dialog_icon)
> > .setTitle(R.string.search_dialog_text_entry)
> > .setView(textEntryView)
> > .setPositiveButton(R.string.search_dialog_ok, new
> > DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
> >
> > public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int
> > whichButton) {
> >
> > EditText et =
> > (EditText)findViewById(R.id.search_edit); // !!! apparently I am doing
> > this wrong!
>
> I am assuming R.id.search_edit is a field in the textEntryView you
> supplied to the builder.
>
> In that case, try textEntryView.findViewById(R.id.search_edit).
>
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>
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> >
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