How to get values from Dialog when clicked OK?

prajkti.khadse · by **prajkti.khadse** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:09 am

Hi, i want to retrive the text through the EditText of AlertDialog

i've tried textEntryView.getText()
but it asks me to typecast the textEntryView to EditText
when i do so, i get a java.lang.ClassCastException :roll:

here's the code m working with

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protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) 
 
    {
 
        LayoutInflater infalter = LayoutInflater.from(this);
 
                final View textEntryView = infalter.inflate(R.layout.alert_dialog_text_entry, null);
 
                AlertDialog.Builder dialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
 
                dialogBuilder.setTitle("Edit Free Text");
 
        dialogBuilder.setView(textEntryView);
 
                dialogBuilder.setPositiveButton("Save", new OnClickListener(){
 
                        @Override
 
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) 
 
                        {
 
                                CharSequence text = ((EditText) textEntryView).getText();
 
                                mFreeTxtView.setText(text);
 
                        }
 
                });
 
                dialogBuilder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);
 
                return dialogBuilder.create();
 
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}

and here's the alert_dialog_text_entry.xml file

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   <?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="wrap_content"
 
    android:orientation="vertical">
 
    <EditText
 
        android:id="@+id/ALERT_DIALOG_EDIT_TEXT"
 
        android:layout_height="100px"
 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
 
        android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
 
        android:maxHeight="100px"
 
        android:gravity="top|left"
 
    />
 
</LinearLayout>
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can anybody please tell me how to get the text from the EditText when user clicks on Save...????

please help me out...

prajkti.khadse · by **prajkti.khadse** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:47 pm

Ok, i'll answer myself..

i achieved it by creating a new Activity with Theme as Theme.Dialog

and got the values as we generally get it through Intent.

How to get values from Dialog when clicked OK?

How to get values from Dialog when clicked OK?

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