11. Using Dialogs to Collect User Input
In this chapter, you continue to add features to the Have You Read That? settings screen. Specifically, you learn about Android activity dialogs and implement several within the QuizSettingsActivity class. Each dialog will be specially designed to collect a specific type of input from the user. First, you implement a DatePickerDialog to collect the user’s birth date, and then you build a custom dialog to enable the user to change her password.
Working with Activity Dialogs
There is only so much screen real estate available on a device, but it’s cumbersome—both for the developer and the user alike—to have to transition between activities too frequently for simple tasks. Luckily, the Android SDK includes ...
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