How to Create a Alert Dialog Box in Android?

Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Alert Dialog Box in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

Main Activity

package com.example.alertdialog;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Button but = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        but.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                // Create an alert dialog box
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                        MainActivity.this);
 
                // Set alert title
                builder.setTitle(R.string.alerttitle);
 
                // Set the value for the positive reaction from the user
                // You can also set a listener to call when it is pressed
                builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.ok, null);
 
                // The message
                builder.setMessage(R.string.message);
 
                // Create the alert dialog and display it
                AlertDialog theAlertDialog = builder.create();
                theAlertDialog.show();
 
            }
        });
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
}

ActivityMain.xml

 
<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=".MainActivity" >
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="SHOW DIALOG" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

alert_daialog1

alert_dialog

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