AlertDialog dismissed by empty onClick

Question

The code below defines an AlertDialog with 2 buttons. Clicking on either button calls the correct onClick method. As it is, each method just has a Log statement, yet clicking on either one causes the dialog to be dismissed. Why?

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
builder.setPositiveButton("Dismiss",
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                Log.d("MyFragment", "Positive button");
            }
        }).setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info);

builder.setNeutralButton("Send Email",
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                Log.d("MyFragment", "Neutral button");
            }
        }).setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info);
builder.setMessage("Some message");
builder.setCancelable(false);

Dialog dialog = builder.create();
dialog.setTitle("Details");
dialog.setCancelable(false);
dialog.show();

See the second answer here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4016313/how-to-keep-an-alertdialog-open-after-button-onclick-is-fired — shujj, May 07 '15 at 15:06
you must note that dialog being dismissed is proper behaviour — shujj, May 07 '15 at 15:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Try to add this .setCancelable(false).

EDIT: Well, that didn't work, apparently this did the trick. ;)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered May 07 '15 at 14:47

Fábio Santos

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Crap, my bad, was deep at the bottom, sorry man. – Fábio Santos May 07 '15 at 14:49
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No problem, we all make mistakes – Al Lelopath May 07 '15 at 14:50
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@AlLelopath Hey, here, have you seen this? [How to prevent a dialog from closing when a button is clicked](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2620444/how-to-prevent-a-dialog-from-closing-when-a-button-is-clicked) – Fábio Santos May 07 '15 at 14:51
I did not. I will try it. thanks. – Al Lelopath May 07 '15 at 14:54
Thanks for pointing to the previous question. That solved it. – Al Lelopath May 07 '15 at 15:11
@AlLelopath hey, np man. – Fábio Santos May 07 '15 at 15:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '15 at 14:58

The dialog is dismissed because this is its default behaviour. If you want it to remain you could override the onShowListener and set the appropriate button click listeners there.

final AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
    dialog.setOnShowListener(new DialogInterface.OnShowListener() {
        @Override
        public void onShow(DialogInterface d) {
            dialog.getButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setOnClickListener(...);
        }
    });

AlertDialog dismissed by empty onClick

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