Here is an API demo showing how to do this: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/AlertDialogSamples.html
It doesn't have the behavior you describe, so I wonder if there is something else going on in your code? On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:58 AM, sdphil <[email protected]> wrote: > okay, this is officially driving me crazy. > > I have an Activity and in onCreate() if some condition is true, I want > to pop up a dialog and inform the user. > > public void onCreate() { > .... > .... > if (condition is true) > showDialog(42); > .... > } > > And I put in the appropriate code in onCreateDialog and > onPrepareDialog - no problem, everything is working fine. > > The issue is if I change screen orientation, it destroys the activity > and re-creates it. Fine. But in doing that, it goes into onCreate > and calls showDialog(42) again, which causes onCreateDialog and > onPrepareDialog to be called again. Then it seems like the underlying > system is trying to remember that I had a dialog up when i did the > screen orientation so it calls onCreateDialog and onPrepareDialog a > second time! I can save an instance of the dialog id in > onSaveInstanceState() and restore it in onRestoreInstanceState(), but > it seems like onRestoreInstanceState() doesn't get called until > *after* onCreate is called, which means, it's going to make that call > to showDialog(42) again. What's the best place to show dialogs after > an activity has come up such that screen orientation changes won't > cause multiple onCreateDialogs/onPrepareDialog calls to be made? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
