I think that the easiest way to solve this problem is to set the theme in your manifest file to Theme.Dialog and then simply say
requestWindowFeature ( Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE ); custom = new Custom(getApplicationContext ()); setContentView ( custom ); Works like a charm! :) On 22 avg., 07:37, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW: My dialogs were dying because I was opening them outside the > onCreateDialog method. Once I moved them in there, everything worked > great. Ref:http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html > > On Aug 13, 10:41 am, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, I did it this way. Create your dialog that extends Dialog. In > > the constructor call: > > requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); > > this.getContext().setTheme(R.style.MyCustomTheme); > > setContentView(R.layout.your_layout); > > > Put all the initialisation of all your stuff in onCreate. > > > Then to open the dialog from an activity simply do this: > > new YourDialog(this).show(); > > > No need for anything in the manifest. You may want to add a > > OnDismissListener also. > > > One downside of this approach is that if the screen orientation > > changes, the dialog dies. I think you can code around this, but I > > haven't done that yet. > > > On Aug 11, 7:12 pm,LambergaR<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I am facing a similar problem. All I want to do is remove the title > > > from an Activity that I am trying to show as a Dialog. Could you > > > please post some more details on how you managed to solve the problem? > > > > I am using the following code to modify the Dialog theme: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > <resources> > > > <style name="MyCustomTheme" parent="@android:style/ > > > Theme.Dialog"> > > > <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> > > > </style> > > > </resources> > > > > It doesn't matter where I apply the theme, I always loose the > > > background. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On 11 avg., 08:02, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I kept running into this problem, and I think I have found the cause. > > > > > Specifying an activity is a dialog in the manifest, for me, kept > > > > causing the background screen to be lost (not all the time - some > > > > dialogs would work ok). However, if I made my dialogs via code, Ie: > > > > sub-classed Dialog, and in the dialog I call this.getContext().setTheme > > > > (R.style.SpecialDialog); Then, so far, it keeps the background > > > > screen. Hooray! > > > > > On Aug 7, 12:03 am, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The parent window had a 120Kb jpeg picture on it. I used more > > > > > compression on the jpeg and got it down to 32Kb, and bingo, the parent > > > > > window stopped disappearing! Yay me! > > > > > > On Aug 6, 10:39 am, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I wanted to change the frame around my Dialog. So I set up a style: > > > > > > <resources> > > > > > > <style name="SpecialDialog" parent="android:Theme.Dialog"> > > > > > > <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/my_frame</ > > > > > > item> > > > > > > </style> > > > > > > </resources> > > > > > > > and assigned it in the manifest: > > > > > > <activity android:name=".MyActivity" android:theme="@style/ > > > > > > SpecialDialog"> > > > > > > > And yay! I get my new frame. However, the parent window disappears > > > > > > (goes black). > > > > > > > Having a normal dialog: > > > > > > <activity android:name=".MyActivity" > > > > > > android:theme="@android:style/> > Theme.Dialog"> > > > > > > keeps the parent window visible. > > > > > > > Can I have a custom frame on a dialog and keep the parent window > > > > > > visible? > > > > > > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
