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shamsad97
shamsad97

Reputation: 301

Alternative to using Toast

Currently I am developing an episode guide application for a tv show. The basic structure is that the episodes are put into a list, and upon clicking a list item (aka an episode name) the episode description comes up in a Toast.

This generally works fine, however there are situations in which the episode description is too long and one can't read it in the given time.

Are there any alternatives to using a toast in this situation? Thanks for any help.

Edit:

      @Override
  protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
       //Toast.makeText(this, _details[position], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
      builder.setMessage(this, _details)
             .setCancelable(false)
             .setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                      dialog.cancel();
                 }
             });
  }

(I kept the toast part in there for reference as that was my previous code).

Correct Code

      @Override
  protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
       //Toast.makeText(this, _details[position], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      AlertDialog.Builder adb=new AlertDialog.Builder(CurrentActvity.this);
      adb.setTitle("Title");
      adb.setMessage(_details[position]);
      adb.setPositiveButton("Ok", null);
      adb.show();
  }

Upvotes: 6

Views: 20167

Answers (6)

Tibor Leó Sáfár
Tibor Leó Sáfár

Reputation: 81

Crouton or SnackBar could be the best choices for you, depending on the exact situation.

Upvotes: 8

rickdroio
rickdroio

Reputation: 524

Loooking for similar feature, I just found the Android Snackbar. This is a great alternative! http://www.androidhive.info/2015/09/android-material-design-snackbar-example/

Upvotes: 1

Santanu
Santanu

Reputation: 168

The open source library Crouton will be a very good choice in this case I believe. You can just give it a try...

Crouton is a class that can be used by Android developers that feel the need for an alternative to the Context insensitive Toast.

This is an open source library and the URL is as follows: https://github.com/keyboardsurfer/Crouton

Upvotes: 1

SilleBille
SilleBille

Reputation: 639

There is a Crouton library that is a Context sensitive alternative to Toast. It can not be invoked from within the Application class, but from the Activity. Might help you nonetheless.

Upvotes: 0

Dimitris Makris
Dimitris Makris

Reputation: 5183

You can use a Dialog object to present the information or even a custom view would do the job (via the use of a FrameLayout for example).

Upvotes: 1

poitroae
poitroae

Reputation: 21367

Use Android Dialogs

How to use it, look here!

Upvotes: 1

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