Reputation: 22138

How to close a Dialog in Android programmatically?

How do I close a Dialog in android programmatically for example by a button?

Imagine I have a Dialog with a OK button on it, and want to close it by OK button, but I cant do that!

I googled and found nothing useful, and almost all of them for closing AlertDialog not a Dialog.

Upvotes: 42

Answers (5)

Sergey Emeliyanov

Reputation: 6961

Alternative to the dismiss(); option, if you have your dialog as a separate Activity (s.a. DialogActivity), another way to close it is to call:

   finish();

Call this method inside the OnClickListener class' onClick() method.

This will call the onPause(), onStop() and onDestroy() methods consequently and kill the current activity - same as Back button.

Upvotes: 0

amatellanes

Reputation: 3735

You can use the methods cancel() or dismiss(). The method cancel() essentially the same as calling dismiss(), but it will also call your DialogInterface.OnCancelListener (if registered).

Upvotes: 7

Philipp Jahoda

Reputation: 51411

This is an example of how to create a AlertDialog with 2 Buttons (OK and cancel). When clicking the cancel button,

dialog.dismiss()

is called to close the dialog.

From anywhere outside, you could call

builder.dismiss();

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
            builder.setMessage("Some message.")
                   .setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                       public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                           // do something
                       }
                   })
                   .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                       public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                           dialog.dismiss();
                       }
                   });

            builder.show();

Upvotes: 16