How to set margins to a custom dialog?

Question

Does anybody knows how can I set margins to a custom dialog? I'm asking because I've a custom dialog but when displayed it stretches to fill the parent, even though I set explicitly WRAP_CONTENT on the layout params.

Basically, the dialog contains a listview whose elements must be scrolled down, when the elements are 1 for example, it doesn't stretch, but when more items are added, then the dialog occupies the entire screen.

Any suggestions? I've trying all possible combinations of possible solutions without achieving satisfactory results

EDIT: Added the dialog layout

<?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:layout_margin="50dip"   
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_gravity="top|center">

    <FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_margin="5dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:textSize="20sp" android:textColor="@color/black"/>

            <Button android:layout_height="32dip" android:layout_width="32dip" 
                android:id="@+id/guide_dialog_cross_button"
                android:background="@drawable/button_cross_white"/>

        </FrameLayout>


    <ListView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:fadingEdge="none"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"/>

    <ImageButton android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dip" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I solved it by setting the window background on an InsetDrawable:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
...
...
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();

ColorDrawable back = new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT);
InsetDrawable inset = new InsetDrawable(back, 20);
dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(inset);

dialog.show();

In this case the dialog will appear with a margin of 20 to all edges.