Dialog box title text size in Android

Question

I am working on an Android application in which I want to set the text size of my dialog box. I have used the following code an XML for textview but it is only setting the size of my fields. I want to set the text size and color of my title as well.

final CharSequence[] items = { "Fake Request", "Abusive Language","Indecent Approach","Unacceptable Attitude","Dangerous Behavior",};

           ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> itemsAdapter = new
           ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> (this,
                    R.layout.menu_items, items);
           AlertDialog.Builder   builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
           builder.setTitle("My Title");
           builder.setIcon(R.drawable.icon);
           builder.setAdapter(itemsAdapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
           {
               public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
                          switch(item) {
                                  case 0:
                              //Mark as Beautiful
                                  break;
                               case 1:
                              //Mark as Beautiful
                                  break;
                            case 2: 
                                //Mark as Not a Portrait
                                  break;
                            case 3:
                              //Mark as Offensive
                                  break;
                           case 4:
                              //Mark as Spam
                                  break;
                           case 5:
                              //cancel
                           break;
                           }
               }
           }

               );
           builder.show();

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       android:id="@android:id/text1"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:padding="10dip"
       android:layout_margin="5dip"
       android:gravity="center_vertical"
       android:textSize="5dip"
       android:textColor="@color/red_theme"
       android:typeface="normal"
       android:lineSpacingExtra="0dip"/>

Possible duplicate of [Change title font of Alert Dialog box](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16913956/change-title-font-of-alert-dialog-box) — Vega, Sep 06 '19 at 17:13
You just need to create custom dialog, to have control over its title, content and all things around your dialog. Follow this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13341560/how-to-create-a-custom-dialog-box-in-android) , or follow this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4852573/how-to-add-title-to-the-custom-dialog) , or just make research in google with text "android dialog custom title" or with "android create custom dialog" — Stoycho Andreev, Feb 21 '15 at 07:30

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '18 at 14:59

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If you want to do it all using styles:

<style name="MyDialog" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="android:windowTitleStyle">@style/DialogTitle</item>
</style>

<style name="DialogTitle" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large">
    <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
</style>

And create your dialog as such

new AlertDialog.Builder(this, R.style.MyDialog);

answered Oct 03 '18 at 14:59

zed

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in my case it doesn't work I have style <>: then: - textSize is ignored - but color is changed – Grzegorz Dev Jun 07 '19 at 08:36
The default `AlertDialog` title font is `TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title`. – Sam Chen Feb 12 '20 at 03:01

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:38

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//Use this code
TextView myMsg = new TextView(this);
  myMsg.setText("Succesfully send!");
  myMsg.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
  myMsg.setTextSize(20); 
  myMsg.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
  //set custom title
        builder.setCustomTitle(myMsg);

answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:38

Surender Kumar

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This was nice and easy. perfect when you don't need extra overhead of creating a layout. – Kamlesh Feb 03 '18 at 10:33

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:46

Use custom title using builder.setCustomTitle(textView) to set size and color of title.

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
    TextView title = new TextView(context);
    title.setText("Title");
    title.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.gradient);
    title.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
    title.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
    title.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green));
    title.setTextSize(22);
    builder.setCustomTitle(title);
    builder.setMessage("Message");
    builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.yes, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

    }
    });
    builder.setNegativeButton(R.string.no, null);
    AlertDialog dialog = builder.show();
    messageView = (TextView)dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
    messageView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
    dialog.show();

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:43

Create a Custom Theme for Dialog in Style.xml and apply this to your Dialog.

Sample Theme:

 <style name="CustomDialogTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
        <item name="android:bottomBright">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:bottomDark">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:bottomMedium">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">10</item>
        <item name="android:centerBright">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:centerDark">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:centerMedium">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:fullBright">@color/orange</item>
        <item name="android:fullDark">@color/orange</item>
        <item name="android:topBright">@color/blue</item>
        <item name="android:topDark">@color/blue</item>
    </style>

And in you Code:

AlertDialog.Builder   builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this, R.style.CustomDialogTheme);

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:37

To achieve this:

Create an xml with list view
Inflate that view with inflater
Set custom view in AndroidBuilder
Use custom Adapter to inflate row in listview.

Doing above point you will achieve your customization.

You can use below example for same:

http://www.mkyong.com/android/android-custom-dialog-example/ http://www.edumobile.org/android/android-development/custom-listview-in-a-dialog-in-android/

I hope it will help for you.

Apurva · Answer 6 · 2015-02-21T08:13:48.113

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This is the simplest way

Customize a textView first,

TextView dialogTitle = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
dialogTitle.setText("Your Title Text");
dialogTitle.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.your_color));
dialogTitle.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP,20);

Then write

builder.setCustomTitle(dialogTitle);

instead of

builder.setTitle("My title");

Done!

edited Feb 21 '15 at 08:13

answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:53

Apurva

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 03 '20 at 01:09

it´s a little bit late... but if someone have the same problem:

With androidx.appcompat.app.AlertDialog

AlertDialog alertdialog;
...
alertdialog.show();
final View v = alertdialog.findViewById(R.id.title_template);
    if (v != null) {
        v.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(colorPrimaryDark));
        TextView title = v.findViewById(R.id.alertTitle);
        title.setTextSize(30);
    }

Dialog box title text size in Android

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