I do it through code. requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); setContentView(R.layout.confirm_dialog);
Here, the layout file contains the title. And then you can override the Dialog's setTitle and setMessage methods, to update your own text views in the layout. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:53 PM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson.au@ gmail.com> wrote: > That sounds great. How? > I would normally turn the title off on an Actiivty by setting > <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> > in the style for the Activity. How do I do that for a Dialog? > > > > On Nov 24, 3:28 pm, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can set the dialog not to have a title(just like turning the > Activity's > > title off), and then make your layout have a title bar of your choice. I > > normally extend the Dialog class and create my own. > > > > Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.comhttp://www.kbeanie.com > > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:38 AM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson.au@ > > > > gmail.com> wrote: > > > Its clearly easy to do, because some many apps do it, but I can't see > > > how. > > > I want to display a very simple dialog, with a Title and Content > > > (eother TextView or perhaps a WebView). > > > > > But I want to style the dialog so that the background of the Title, > > > Content and the dialog window itself are something other than grey. > > > > > I've tried constructing a Dialog and setting the ContentView and > > > Title, but the title always has the grey background. > > > > > I've tried using an AlterDialog#Builder, but if I specify the title > > > string using #setTilte then I have no control over the background. ie > > > same as for new Dialog above. I also get the grey background of the > > > dialog window bleeding through above and below the title and content. > > > > > I have tried setting a theme for the application that sets the dialog > > > styles using > > > <item name="android:alertDialogStyle">@style/ > > > myAlertDialogStyle</item> > > > But that doesn't seem to have any effect. Buut then again the doco > > > that I have found is extremely vague on details, so I probably messed > > > it up. If you can point me to some clean and coherent doco I'd be > > > obliged. > > > > > The closest I have come is to construct using AlterDialog#Builder and > > > use both #setContentView and #setCustomTitle as I can style eahc of > > > those views, but I still have the grey dialog background bleeding > > > through.above and below the title and content. > > > > > Unless someone can point me in the right direction, the only option I > > > can see is to ditch the Dialog altogether and just create an Activity > > > that displays the info I want with the styling I want. This is > > > trivial, but it feels SO wrong. If you can't easily style, what's the > > > point of the dialogs at all? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
