Tag: dialog
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LightBox Effect for Android Dialogs
The stock black rectangular progress dialogs on Android are ugly, so I created a simple little open-source alternative. It works by placing a translucent overlay on the Android UI with a ProgressBar and a dialog message. There’s also an alpha animation in there, to really class it up. To use it, just add the lightbox_dialog.xml…
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Avoiding Android Memory Leaks: Part 1
I recently discovered how easy it is to accidentally “leak” memory and resources in an Android application. In this tutorial, I’ll illustrate a memory leak with a simple dialog box example, and then show you how to fix it. Let’s start by creating a simple Android application that displays a dialog in its onCreate event:…