Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 5th Edition

Setting the Dialog’s Content

Now that the dialog can show and hide itself, you can focus on its content. Start by adding a string resource to show in the dialog.

Listing 28.5  Asking important questions (strings.xml)

<resources>
  ...
  <string name="place_order_button">Place order (%1$s)</string>

  <string name="placement_prompt">Where do you want %1$s on your pizza?</string>
  <string name="placement_none">None</string>
  <string name="placement_left">Left half</string>
  <string name="placement_right">Right half</string>
  <string name="placement_all">Whole pizza</string>
  ...
</resources>

Now you are ready to start building the real UI to appear in the dialog. Remove the temporary Box and replace it with a Card. Card includes a background, ...