Question

I could show dialog if I uses an Activity instance but when I uses Context or Application Context instance Dialog is not showing.

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(activity);
            builder.setTitle(title);
            builder.setMessage(msg);

            if (null != positiveLabel) {
                builder.setPositiveButton(positiveLabel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

                        dialog.cancel();
                        if (null != listener) {
                            listener.onOk();
                        }
                    }
                });
            }

            if (null != negativeLable) {
                builder.setNegativeButton(negativeLable, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

                        dialog.cancel();
                        if (null != listener) {
                            listener.onCancel();
                        }
                    }
                });
            }

            builder.create().show();

Can you please give me a solution to show dialog without using Activity instance

Answer 1

The problem is something I faced recently too, you cant create a dialog without and activity instance. getApplicationContext() call doesn’t work too. The way I did this is to make the call to a method that creates the dialog, from an activity, and pass “this” i.e. the reference to that activity as a parameter.

If you are going to reuse this code, as a reusable component or as a mechanism to create dialogs at multiple places, create a base activity class and have this method in there, and use it in sub-classed activities as needed.