Creating a Toast using a custom layout
We've used Toasts quite a bit already in previous chapters as they provide a quick and easy way to display information—both for the user and for ourselves when debugging.
The previous examples have all used the simple one-line syntax, but the Toast isn't limited to this. Toasts, like most components in Android, can be customized, as we'll demonstrate in this recipe.
Android Studio offers a shortcut for making the simple Toast statement. As you start to type the Toast command, press Ctrl + Spacebar and you'll see the following:
Press Enter to auto-complete. Then, press Ctrl + Spacebar again and you'll see the following: ...
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