Can an Android Toast be longer than Toast.LENGTH_L

Question

When using setDuration() for a Toast, is it possible to set a custom length or at least something longer than Toast.LENGTH_LONG?

Answer 1

I know the answer is quite late .. I had the very same issue and decided to implement my own version of bare bones Toast , after looking into android's source code for toast .

Basically you need to create a new Window manager , and show and hide the window for the desired duration duration using a handler

 //Create your handler
 Handler mHandler = new Handler();

//Custom Toast Layout
mLayout = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.customtoast, null);

//Initialisation 

mWindowManager = (WindowManager) context.getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
WindowManager.LayoutParams params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();

params.gravity = Gravity.BOTTOM
params.height = WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
params.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
params.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE
                | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCHABLE
                | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON;
params.format = PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT;
params.windowAnimations = android.R.style.Animation_Toast;
params.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_TOAST;

After initialization of the layout you can use your own hide and show methods

    public void handleShow() {
    mWindowManager.addView(mLayout, mParams);
    }

    public void handleHide() {
        if (mLayout != null) {
            if (mLayout.getParent() != null) {
                mWindowManager.removeView(mLayout);
            }
                         mLayout = null;
        }

Now all you need is to add two runnable threads which calls the handleShow() and the handleHide() which you could post to the Handler.

    Runnable toastShowRunnable = new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            handleShow();
        }
    };

 Runnable toastHideRunnable = new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            handleHide();
        }
    }; 

and the final part

public void show() {

    mHandler.post(toastShowRunnable);
    //The duration that you want
    mHandler.postDelayed(toastHideRunnable, mDuration);

}

This was a quick and dirty implementation .. Have not taken any performance into consideration .

Answer 2

This text will disappear in 5 seconds.

    final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "My Text", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
    toast.show();

    Handler handler = new Handler();
        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
           @Override
           public void run() {
               toast.cancel(); 
           }
    }, 5000); // Change to what you want

Edit: As Itai Spector in comment said it will be shown about 3.5 seconds, So use this code:

    int toastDuration = 5000; // in MilliSeconds
    Toast mToast = Toast.makeText(this, "My text", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
    CountDownTimer countDownTimer;
    countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(toastDuration, 1000) {
        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            mToast.show();
        }

        public void onFinish() {
            mToast.cancel();
        }
    };

    mToast.show();
    countDownTimer.start();

Answer 3

As mentioned by others Android Toasts can either be LENGTH_LONG or LENGTH_SHORT. There is no way around this, nor should you follow any of the 'hacks' posted.

The purpose of Toasts are to display "non-essential" information and due to their lingering effect, messages may be put far out of context if their duration exceeds a certain threshold. If stock Toasts were modified so that they can display longer than LENGTH_LONG the message would linger on the screen until the application's process is terminated as toast views are added to the WindowManager and not a ViewGroup in your app. I would assume this is why it is hard coded.

If you absolutely need to show a toast style message longer than three and a half seconds I recommend building a view that gets attached to the Activity's content, that way it will disappear when the user exits the application. My SuperToasts library deals with this issue and many others, feel free to use it! You would most likely be interested in using SuperActivityToasts

Answer 4

Here is a very simple method which worked for me:

for (int i=0; i < 3; i++) { Toast.makeText(this, "MESSAGE", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); }

The duration of LENGTH_SHORT is 2 seconds and LENGTH_LONG is 3.5 seconds, Here the toast message will be shown for 6 Seconds since it is enclosed in a for loop. But a drawback of this method is after each 2 sec a small fading effect may arise. but it is not much noticeable. Hope it is helpful

Answer 5

I know I am a bit late, but I took Regis_AG's answer and wrapped it in a helper class and it works great.

public class Toaster {
  private static final int SHORT_TOAST_DURATION = 2000;

  private Toaster() {}

  public static void makeLongToast(String text, long durationInMillis) {
    final Toast t = Toast.makeText(App.context(), text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
    t.setGravity(Gravity.TOP | Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0);

    new CountDownTimer(Math.max(durationInMillis - SHORT_TOAST_DURATION, 1000), 1000) {
      @Override
      public void onFinish() {
        t.show();
      }

      @Override
      public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
        t.show();
      }
    }.start();
  }
}

In your application code, just do something like this:

    Toaster.makeLongToast("Toasty!", 8000);

Answer 6

Toast.makeText(this, "Text", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 
Toast.makeText(this, "Text", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

A very simple solution to the question. Twice or triple of them will make Toast last longer. It is the only way around.