Question

So I have a while loop that is being triggered, and for naming I am using an additional value.

totalPlayerCount can be either 1,2,3 or 4 and whatever I choose for that seems to automatically set nameLoop that value.. regardless of nameLoop = 1;

To top it off, I have nameLoop++; as the bottom and when it starts it says Player 4, then Player 3, then Player 2, then Player 1…

Why on earth would it be going backwards? Theres only 3 instances of nameLoop in the whole file so its not being affected anywhere else.

public void setNames() {
    int nameLoop = 1;
    while (totalPlayerCount >= 1){          

    //**********************//
    //***SET PLAYER NAMES***//
    //**********************//
    AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

    alert.setTitle("Player " + nameLoop);
    alert.setMessage("Name:");

    // Set an EditText view to get user input 
    final EditText input = new EditText(this);
    alert.setView(input);

    alert.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
      name = input.getText().toString();
      // Do something with value!
      Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), name, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      }
    });

    alert.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
        // Canceled.
      }
    });

    alert.show();
    totalPlayerCount--;
    nameLoop++;
    }
    return;
}

Answer 1

It looks like you are counting down the number of players while iterating through them. Try changing it to:

int nameLoop = totalPlayerCount; //the 2nd line of your code
...
totalPlayerCount--; //the bottom few lines of your code
nameLoop--;

This should fix it, but the part you really need to change is where ever you are using nameLoop to assign player number.