Stop a Toast and start another in android

Question

I am using Toast in my app. When I am pressing a button, it is showing a Toast. My problem is that the second time I'm pressing on the button the second toast is "waiting" for the first one to end and only than it shows.. I want the current one to show immediately and not wait. This is my simple code:

toast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Press Back to retorn to the main page", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
toast.show();

how can I do that?

Did you try to use setDuration of the visible Toast before the call show() on the new one? I don't know if it's works but it's the only possible workaround I see. — VinceFR, Jun 04 '12 at 08:58

papaiatis · Answer 1 · 2012-06-04T09:03:01.063

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You can always cancel a Toast object.

final Toast tst = Toast.makeText(ctx, "This is a toast.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
tst.show();

Handler handler = new Handler();
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
       @Override
       public void run() {
           tst.cancel(); 
           tst.setText("Same toast with another message.");
           tst.show();
       }
}, 1000);

So instead of creating another Toast object you can use the first one, cancel it, set the new text and show it again.

edited Jun 04 '12 at 09:03

answered Jun 04 '12 at 08:51

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cancelling won't reduce the toast time. – Kazekage Gaara Jun 04 '12 at 08:52
its not doing the job... – roiberg Jun 04 '12 at 08:52
It does. You need to call the cancel on the toast object itself. – papaiatis Jun 04 '12 at 08:55
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but you cant have another one showing after that. – roiberg Jun 04 '12 at 08:56
initialise the object every time u want to show the toast. – Rookie Jun 04 '12 at 09:00
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see my updated answer. it simply works for me. – papaiatis Jun 04 '12 at 09:03
Removed the -1,because finally you understood what the OP asked for. – Kazekage Gaara Jun 04 '12 at 09:04
its not, its simply removing the first toast but the second one still waints the ""Toast.length_short"... – roiberg Jun 04 '12 at 09:05
I updated my answer to demonstrate how you can cancel a toast before it would disappear by itself and show the same! toast with modified text. – papaiatis Jun 04 '12 at 09:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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In https://stackoverflow.com/a/4485531/517561, the writer didn't cancel the toast, they simply changed its text.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Jorgesys · Answer 3 · 2015-06-02T17:03:38.337

Cancel your original Toast, set a new message and show again the Toast message.

Toast mytoast;
mytoast = Toast.makeText(this, "Hi Ho Jorgesys! ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
mytoast.show();
....
....
....
if(CancelToast){
  mytoast.cancel();  //cancelling old Toast!
  mytoast = Toast.makeText(this, "Same toast with another message.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG); //Setting a new message.
  mytoast.show(); //Show the new message!.
}

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '12 at 08:52

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You can use toast.cancel() befor showing next toast.

answered Jun 04 '12 at 08:52

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cancelling won't reduce the toast time. – Kazekage Gaara Jun 04 '12 at 08:52
Thanks Kazekagebut, but as per defination Close the view if it's showing, or don't show it if it isn't showing yet. You do not normally have to call this. Normally view will disappear on its own after the appropriate duration. – Dheeresh Singh Jun 04 '12 at 08:55
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public void cancel () Since: API Level 1 Close the view if it's showing, or don't show it if it isn't showing yet. You do not normally have to call this. Normally view will disappear on its own after the appropriate duration. – Rookie Jun 04 '12 at 08:55
The other toast will come after the fixed amount of time that it is supposed to wait,whether you cancel the first toast or not! – Kazekage Gaara Jun 04 '12 at 08:58
Cancelling the `Toast` works perfectly, and absolutely reduces the toast time if done correctly. Check sample code in [this related post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16098151/android-cancel-toast-when-exiting-the-app-and-when-toast-is-being-shown), or link to github and just copy the gist. Code has been production tested for a few years so far. – Richard Le Mesurier Aug 16 '16 at 21:04

Stop a Toast and start another in android

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