>http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#ShowingADialog
There was a thread recently about how that part of the documentation was wrong, actually. At the minimum you're going to have to replace this line: >builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext); With this: builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this); On Nov 23, 9:24 am, Jags <[email protected]> wrote: > yeah i referred this tutorial of oogle > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#ShowingADialog > > On Nov 23, 8:11 pm, Jags <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have written below code for showing a custom dialog > > > void CheckHighScore() { > > > AlertDialog.Builder builder; > > AlertDialog alertDialog; > > > Context mContext = getApplicationContext(); > > LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) > > mContext.getSystemService > > (LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); > > ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup) > > findViewById(R.id.layout_root); > > View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mydialog, > > vg); > > > builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext); > > builder.setView(layout); > > alertDialog = builder.create(); > > > alertDialog.show(); > > > } > > > __________ > > xml file > > __________ > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:id="@+id/layout_root" android:orientation="vertical" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > android:padding="10dp"> > > <TextView android:id="@+id/desc" android:text="@string/ask_info" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:textColor="#FFF" /> > > > <EditText android:text="Enter your info here" android:id="@+id/ > > yourinfo" android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"></EditText> > > </LinearLayout> > > > it is unable to find ViewGroup in above code and is crashing. I have > > another main.xml file which is set to content layout in this activity. > > So how can I correct this thing ? > > > Also I need to add some validation here to this dialog like info > > cannot be empty ! > > > thanks in advance > > Jags -- 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

