Android Text Input Dialog With Inflated View (Kotlin)

March 7, 2018

fun showCreateCategoryDialog() {
    val context = this
    val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
    builder.setTitle("New Category")

    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10695103/creating-custom-alertdialog-what-is-the-root-view
    // Seems ok to inflate view with null rootView
    val view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_new_category, null)

    val categoryEditText = view.findViewById(R.id.categoryEditText) as EditText

    builder.setView(view);

    // set up the ok button
    builder.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok) { dialog, p1 ->
        val newCategory = categoryEditText.text
        var isValid = true
        if (newCategory.isBlank()) {
            categoryEditText.error = getString(R.string.validation_empty)
            isValid = false
        }

        if (isValid) {
            // do something
        }

        if (isValid) {
            dialog.dismiss()
        }
    }

    builder.setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel) { dialog, p1 ->
        dialog.cancel()
    }

    builder.show();
}

Content of R.layout.dialog_new_category

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

    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        >

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/categoryEditText"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Name"
            />

    </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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