I am trying to create a AlertDialog with multiple choice option. I have tried with the setMultiChoiceItems
but what i have is a ArrayList<Category>
and not a CharSequence
so i tried with the adapter.
The problem with setAdapter
is that when i select one item it closes the dialog window. And what i want is to select the items and then hit the OK button to see what items where selected.
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("Pick a color");
ArrayAdapter<Category> catsAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Category>(this, android.R.layout.select_dialog_multichoice,this.categories);
builder.setAdapter(catsAdapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
}
});
builder.setPositiveButton("Save", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
//do something
}
});;
AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
alert.show();
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to toggle on AlertDialog's multichoicemode without calling setMultiChoiceItems()
.
However, you can set an adapter, then turn on multichoice mode in the contained ListView
itself.
final AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
.setTitle("Title")
.setAdapter(yourAdapter, null)
.setPositiveButton(getResources().getString(R.string.positive), null)
.setNegativeButton(getResources().getString(android.R.string.cancel), null)
.create();
dialog.getListView().setItemsCanFocus(false);
dialog.getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
dialog.getListView().setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// Manage selected items here
System.out.println("clicked" + position);
CheckedTextView textView = (CheckedTextView) view;
if(textView.isChecked()) {
} else {
}
}
});
dialog.show();
this will stop ur dialog from disappearing after one selection.
AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();
ListView listView = alertDialog.getListView();
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
To get which items are selected , you need to plan your adapter accordingly.
see below code it may help you. i used this in my app.
public static ArrayList<String> Party_list_new = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> party_multi_cheked = new ArrayList<String>();
public void show_alert() {
final Dialog dia = new Dialog(this);
dia.setContentView(R.layout.alert_);
dia.setTitle("Select File to import");
dia.setCancelable(true);
final ListView list_alert = (ListView) dia
.findViewById(R.id.alert_list);
list_alert.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(),
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice,
Party_list_new));
list_alert.setItemsCanFocus(false);
list_alert.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
list_alert.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int pos,
long arg3) {
}
});
Button btn = (Button) dia.findViewById(R.id.button1);
btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
SparseBooleanArray positions = list_alert
.getCheckedItemPositions();
int j = 0;
for (int k = 0; k < Party_list_new.size(); k++) {
if (positions.get(k)) {
party_multi_cheked.add("" + k);
}
}
dia.dismiss();
}
});
dia.show();
}
alert_list.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Select Party" />
<ListView
android:id="@+id/alert_list"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
make it right if it is correct.