EditText value of custom AlertDialog to Textview

Question

I found some similar questions here, but all of their were either really confusing for such a newbie like me or didn't help to solve my problem: I have a TextView tv. By click on it I want to display a custom AlertDialog with EditText + Cancel- and Update-Buttons. By click on Update-Button of my Dialog I want to replace the text of the same TextView (tv) with the value of EditText from Dialog. Here is one of my attepmts:

...
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    final TextView tv̶̶C̶̶l̶̶i̶̶c̶̶k̶̶e̶̶d̶ = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_id);
    tv.setText("Initial value");

    tv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            UpdateDialogFragment updDiag = new UpdateDialogFragment();
            updDiag.show(getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
            tv.setText(updDiag.value); // I try to get the value of EditText like this, but it doesn't work
        }
        });
}

public class UpdateDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
    String value; // I try to get the value of EditText like this, but it doesn't work
    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();

        builder.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.edit_tv, null))
                .setPositiveButton("Update", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        EditText et = (EditText) UpdateDialogFragment.this.getDialog().findViewById(R.id.et_tv);
                        value = et.getText().toString();  // I try to get the value of EditText like this, but it doesn't work
                    }
                })
                .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        UpdateDialogFragment.this.getDialog().cancel();
                    }
                });
        return builder.create();
    }
}

And my edit_tv.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_tv"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
        android:hint="Enter text ..."
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">

        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

</LinearLayout>

activity_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.yev.tabletasting.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_id"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />    

</RelativeLayout>

In my case the Text of tv will be setted to "" (probably null) after click on "Update". I would be thankful for every advice, thanking you in anticipation!

Answer 1

Okay, so you haven't really mentioned as to why you prefer to use the DialogFragment rather than just an AlertDialog as what Victor Holotescu answered. But here goes, I tried out your code and managed to receive a NullPointerException when I try to click the Update Button. So I looked at it and modified the code, here it is:

MainActivity

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_id);
        tv.setText("Initial value");

        tv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                UpdateDialogFragment updDiag = new UpdateDialogFragment().newInstance(tv); // Passed the TextView here
                updDiag.show(getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
            }
        });
    }

    public static class UpdateDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
        String value; // I try to get the value of EditText like this, but it doesn't work
        TextView tvToEdit;

        public UpdateDialogFragment newInstance(TextView tvToEdit){
            UpdateDialogFragment udf = new UpdateDialogFragment();
            udf.tvToEdit = tvToEdit;
            return udf;
        }

        @Override
        public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
            LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();

            builder.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.edit_tv, null))
                    .setPositiveButton("Update", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            EditText et = (EditText) UpdateDialogFragment.this.getDialog().findViewById(R.id.et_tv);
                            value = et.getText().toString();
                            tvToEdit.setText(value);
                        }
                    })
                    .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            UpdateDialogFragment.this.getDialog().cancel();
                        }
                    });
            return builder.create();
        }
    }
}

I added some TODO comments (labeled with Read comments below. :)) inside the code, check them out. I tested it and it runs properly. Hope this was able to help you in some way. For more information regarding AlertDialogs and DialogFragments, here's a good post -- DialogFragment advantages over AlertDialog.

EDIT

Okay. So I edited it where you just pass a TextView to the UpdateDialogFragment by creating a newInstance method -- referenced it here SetText of TextView in DialogFragment from Calling Activity -- Hope this helps. :)

Answer 2

This is what you should have in your TextView onClickListener:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("Write new value for TextView");
final EditText editText = new EditText(this);
builder.setView(editText);
builder.setPositiveButton("Update", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {                 
                    }
                });
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.show();
dialog.getButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        String newValue = editText.getText().toString();
                        if(newValue.lenght() == 0)
                            Toast.makeText(this, "You need to type something in the editText", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        }else{
                            tv.setText(newValue);
                            dialog.dismiss();
                        }
                    });

Maybe some minor changes need to be done because I wrote the code down in here. Hope it helps. Wish you luck :)

LE: you don't need the extra Fragment and xml files for the dialog editText.