Dailogs have a different use as compared to Activities. So, when you need a dialog, you have to use one. :) Simple?
Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:04 PM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson.au@ gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I see how you're doing it now. #requestWindowFeature .. > interesting. > > But if you're going to the trouble of creating a subclass of Dialog, > why not create an Activity? > What's the benefit of creating a specific dialog subclass vs an > Activity? > > > On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.comhttp://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. 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