[Technotes] Android UI - Dialogs

First of all, what is a dialog?

"A dialog is usually a small window that appears in front of the current Activity. The underlying Activity loses focus and the dialog accepts all user interaction." - Android Dev Guide

Android UI API has some native Dialog objects for you to use. For most general purposes, AlertDialog is sufficient.

Read this page yourself before creating dialogs boxes in your Android application. The sections I think is useful for learning and application development is the following:

• Dismissing a dialog
• Creating an AlertDialog
• Creating a custom dialog