Updating UI after dialog dismissed

Question

I have activity A which have a ListView with custom adapter.

The custom adapter (which aplies to each list view item) have a button which invokes a custom dialog.

in this dialog an action is being performed which in response i want to invoke UI update on activity A.

This is my activity on resume code:

@Override
public void onResume() 
{
    super.onResume();
    setUI();  
}

But when the i call

dialog.dismiss();

The dialog closes without the Activity A OnResume method benig invoked.

How can i catch and update the activity ui?

You can use [onDismmiss()](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18830899/android-wait-for-user-input-at-alertdialog-to-proceed/18831531#18831531) — codeMagic, Jun 19 '14 at 19:48
But my dialog is inside the adapter class not the activity class — Michael A, Jun 20 '14 at 05:46

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '14 at 19:48

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You can set an OnDismissListener to your dialog to achieve this:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
builder.setOnDismissListener(listener);
...
Dialog dialog = builder.create();

You can let your Activity impelement DialogInterface.OnDismissListener and set them as the listener, so they get notified in the method onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog). In there, you can update your UI.

answered Jun 19 '14 at 19:48

tknell

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But my dialog is inside the adapter class not the activity class – Michael A Jun 20 '14 at 05:46
Well, it does not have to be your activity, you can also let your adapter implement the OnDismissListener and add it as a listener. – tknell Jun 20 '14 at 07:43
keep in mind this requires a min API level 17.. check this other solution for lower than 17 API levels.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13933077/android-setondismisslistern-for-api-lower-than-17 – json001 Sep 29 '14 at 03:18

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '14 at 18:35

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Actually its very easy - you can cast the Context inside the adapter to the calling containing activity:

ActivityName activity = (ActivityName )con;
activity.setUI();

answered Jun 21 '14 at 18:35

Michael A

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Its better to use a callback/listener – Linxy Aug 11 '16 at 20:19

Updating UI after dialog dismissed

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