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

  private Toast mToastToShow;
  public void showToast(View view) {
 // Set the toast and duration
 int toastDurationInMilliSeconds = 10000;
 mToastToShow = Toast.makeText(this, "Hello world, I am a toast.",  Toast.LENGTH_LONG);

 // Set the countdown to display the toast
 CountDownTimer toastCountDown;
 toastCountDown = new CountDownTimer(toastDurationInMilliSeconds, 1000 /*Tick duration*/) {
  public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
     mToastToShow.show();
  }
  public void onFinish() {
     mToastToShow.cancel();
     }
    };

    // Show the toast and starts the countdown
     mToastToShow.show();
     toastCountDown.start();
      }

Answer 2

I've coded up a helper class for doing this. You can see the code at github: https://github.com/quiqueqs/Toast-Expander/blob/master/src/com/thirtymatches/toasted/ToastedActivity.java

This is how you'd display a toast for 5 seconds (or 5000 milliseconds):

Toast aToast = Toast.makeText(this, "Hello World", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
ToastExpander.showFor(aToast, 5000);

Answer 3

If you dig deeper in android code, you can find the lines that clearly indicate, that we cannot change the duration of Toast message.

 NotificationManagerService.scheduleTimeoutLocked() {
    ...
    long delay = immediate ? 0 : (r.duration == Toast.LENGTH_LONG ? LONG_DELAY : SHORT_DELAY);
    }

and default values for duration are

private static final int LONG_DELAY = 3500; // 3.5 seconds
private static final int SHORT_DELAY = 2000; // 2 seconds

Answer 4

Why eat Toast, when you can have the entire Snackbar: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/widget/Snackbar.html

Snackbar > Toast, Custom Toast, Crouton

Answer 5

A toast with custom background and view did the trick for me. I tested it in nexus 7 tablet and I noticed no fadein fadeout animation during looping. Heres the implementation:

public static void customToast(Context context, String message, int duration) {

    for (int i = 0; i < duration; i++) {
        Toast toast = new Toast(context);
        toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
                .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.toast_layout, null);
        TextView textViewToast = (TextView) view
                .findViewById(R.id.textViewToast);
        textViewToast.setText(message);
        toast.setView(view);
        toast.show();
    }

}

Heres the custom textview used in above code:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/textViewToast"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@drawable/fragment_background"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Large Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="@color/blue" />

@drawable/fragment_background is making my toast have rounded corner as in kitkat version. You can add other views too in the file. Any modifications for improvement and comments are encouraged as I am planning to implement this in my live app.

Answer 6

Toast duration can be hacked using a thread that runs the toast exclusively. This works (runs the toast for 10 secs, modify sleep and ctr to your liking):

final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "Your Message", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);

Thread t = new Thread(){
    public void run(){
          int ctr = 0;
          try{
               while( ctr<10 ){
                    toast.show();
                    sleep(1000);
                    ctr++;
               }
          } catch (Exception e) {
               Log.e("Error", "", e);
          }
     }
 };
 t.start();