B4A Library [Lib] BetterDialogs

I tried to improve the most useful dialogs of the Dialogs library. In my version, HTML tags are interpreted (even in the text of buttons), the InputBox uses a Masked EditText and has more options, you can check if the input is valid before closing the dialog, and the CustomDialog is fully customizable. I also solved an issue with the virtual keyboard.

MsgBox (under Gingerbread and JellyBean):

InputBox (under Gingerbread and JellyBean):

CustomDialog (under Gingerbread and JellyBean):

Another CustomDialog (under Gingerbread and JellyBean):

v1.1:
- I added a CloseDialog function;
- I added a margin parameter to the custom dialog.

v1.2:
- I fixed a bug in InputBox when there's a default value;
- I added the BackKeyPressed event for custom dialogs.

v1.3:
- I added a PasswordMode option to the InputBox;
- I added a CancelOnTouchOutside option.

v1.4:
- I added a CursorPosition option to the InputBox.

v2.0:
- I moved the CustomDialog parameters to the BD_CustomDlgParams class.
- I added two new parameters: Duration and DialogGravity.
- I removed the Margin parameter and added the MarginHeight parameter (to be used when Gravity is set to TOP).
- The BodyWidth and BodyHeight parameters defines now accurately the size of the dialog body.

v2.1:
- I added a "closing" event raised just before a custom dialog is dismissed. You can cancel the closure by returning False.

v2.11:
- I added the "DlgResponse" parameter to the Closing event.

This library does not work with Android versions < 2.
It requires another library: Masked EditText

 

[Informatix]

I'm trying to use panels instead of buttons to get rid of the border, and bitmapdrawables instead of colordrawables, but it's not adding them...

Of course, the dialog cannot handle anything else than buttons in the bottom section. But as I said, to get rid of that, you should place the views in the main body.

 

[GiulioVale]

How specify button size and without word wrap(width/height)?

Thanks

 

[Informatix]

How specify button size and without word wrap(width/height)?

Thanks

In a custom dialog, you can add your own buttons in the body of the dialog. You cannot resize the buttons otherwise.

 

[GiulioVale]

Uhm ok. Only for info is correct so have screen like attached?

 

[Informatix]

Uhm ok. Only for info is correct so have screen like attached?

What am I supposed to evaluate in this dialog?

 

[GiulioVale]

What am I supposed to evaluate in this dialog?

Ops sorry i find the solution text size of button for default is too big on S4
I specify btnRimuovi.TextSize = 5 and now is ok.

Thanks

 

[pfillion]

Is there a way to change the font size within the html text ?

I tried <font size=n></font> but it did not work. I want to make my text smaller...

Thanks

 

[Mahares]

Did you try?:
"<small>pfillion</small>"

 

[pfillion]

Did you try?:
"<small>pfillion</small>"

Hi, it does work but it's too small. I'd like something between small and medium... I wonder why I cannot specify the font size....

 

[Informatix]

I wonder why I cannot specify the font size....

You can change the size with <H1></H1> to <H6></H6>

 

[pfillion]

You can change the size with <H1></H1> to <H6></H6>

It's not precise enough... Good if you have header and text but not if you want to have the body of your text at a specific size... Why isn't the font attribute available either as a tag or withing a style in the <p> tag ?

 

[Informatix]

It's not precise enough... Good if you have header and text but not if you want to have the body of your text at a specific size... Why isn't the font attribute available either as a tag or withing a style in the <p> tag ?

1) It's better than nothing, and "nothing" was the previous situation.
2) The API function to interpret the HTML tags is supposed to handle the font size. I don't know why it is not properly interpreted. Ask to Google.
3) You can create a custom dialog with a webview inside so it's not really an issue.

 

[pfillion]

1) It's better than nothing, and "nothing" was the previous situation.
2) The API function to interpret the HTML tags is supposed to handle the font size. I don't know why it is not properly interpreted. Ask to Google.
2) You can create a custom dialog with a webview inside so it's not really an issue.

Ok thanks.

 

[hdmiacc]

can this dialog support this?

 

[Informatix]

can this dialog support this?

Yes.

 

[hdmiacc]

do u have any example?

 

[Informatix]

do u have any example?

There's a demo provided with the library. Change the views of the custom dialog as you wish.

 

[TheMightySwe]

Hi,

Is there a way to get the cursor to be on the first position when using a masked text input instead of the last?

Regards, J

 

[Informatix]

Hi,

Is there a way to get the cursor to be on the first position when using a masked text input instead of the last?

Regards, J

You should update your lib with the latest version. I added that setting a few weeks ago.

 

[TheMightySwe]

Thanks, cool!