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Overview of Alert Dialog and Dialog Fragments

Explore how to create and customize AlertDialogs and DialogFragments in Android. This lesson helps you understand the use and lifecycle of dialogs, including standard alert dialogs and custom dialog fragments. Gain practical skills to add buttons, lists, and custom layouts for enhanced user interaction.

Introduction

This lesson will go over AlertDialog and DialogFragment in Android. A Dialog element in Android refers to a small window that displays additional information to the user or prompts them to make a decision. Usually, a dialog doesn’t fill the screen and is used to force the user to take any action before proceeding.

The base class for dialogs in Android is Dialog, but using one of its subclasses—AlertDialog, DatePickerDialog, or TimePickerDialog—is recommended.

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