AlertDialog not using material design correctly?

Question

In the material design documentation it says the content padding of the dialog's text should be 24dp, but if you construct a simple AlerDialog with following code there isn't any bottom padding as you can see in the screenshot.

    public class MainActivity extends android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity { 

      @Override
      public void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {

      final android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog.Builder builder = new android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog.Builder(this);
      builder.setTitle("title");
      builder.setMessage("asdf asöldkfasölkdf öasdklfjöa aösdkföa sdköf masjdö lmasjködf mjaösk maöskd mjaösk fmaöskmaöskmföasföalk maölskjd möaslkd möas mjaös m").setCancelable(true)
             .setNeutralButton(R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                  @Override
                  public void onClick(final DialogInterface dialog, final int id) {
                      dialog.cancel();
                  }
              }).setOnCancelListener(new OnCancelListener() {
                 @Override
                 public void onCancel(final DialogInterface dialog) {
                   MainActivity.sMessageDialogId = 0;
                 }
      });
      builder.show();
     }
    }

Use android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog instead of android.app.AlertDialog. Check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26455919/material-design-not-styling-alert-dialogs/29810469#29810469 — Gabriele Mariotti, Apr 22 '16 at 19:47
So ridiculous that so much of the framework itself doesn't follow the Material guidelines. Did you ever find a solution without having to set a custom view on the dialog builder? Many of the other padding dimensions don't quite match up to the guidelines either. — Tony Chan, Jul 13 '16 at 06:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 11 '16 at 08:08

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Please use the following the code to check the version compatibility,

AlertDialog.Builder builder;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        builder = new android.app.AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity(),android.R.style.Theme_Material_Light_Dialog_Alert);
} else {
        builder = new android.app.AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
}

edited Jun 11 '16 at 08:08

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answered Apr 22 '16 at 12:10

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You should use android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog. – Gabriele Mariotti Apr 22 '16 at 19:48
I am calling the code inside an android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; and for this activity only Theme.AppCompat.xy can be used – David Apr 26 '16 at 11:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 22 '16 at 11:48

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Try this builder.setPadding(24, 24, 24, 24);

edited Apr 22 '16 at 11:48

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answered Apr 22 '16 at 11:45

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I know that this could work, but why is not the standard being implemented already? – David Apr 26 '16 at 11:31
What API is `builder.setPadding` referring to? I don't see that in the `AlertDialog.Builder` docs. – Tony Chan Jul 13 '16 at 06:29

AlertDialog not using material design correctly?

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