When does touching the screen outside an AlertDialog cancel the AlertDialog?

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Suppose you have an AlertDialog with two buttons A and B. I have found that on some devices and some versions of android, if you touch any area of the screen around the dialog, the AlertDialog disappears. On other devices you are forced to select either A or B, so there is no way I can allow the user to cancel the action without adding a third ('Cancel') option to the AlertDialog. Is there any way to determine programmatically whether the third option is required?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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You can control it with dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(true);

For more information :

How to dismiss the dialog with click on outside of the dialog?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Nov 18 '14 at 12:01

Blaze Tama

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Thanks. I don't know how I missed that other question. – Paul Boddington Nov 18 '14 at 12:03
@pbabcdefp No problem, sometimes its hard to find a right keyword for googling :) I have known that link – Blaze Tama Nov 18 '14 at 12:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '14 at 12:04

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Dialog dialog = new Dialog(context)
 dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(true);

answered Nov 18 '14 at 12:04

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Care to explain the solution a little bit? – everton Nov 18 '14 at 12:39

When does touching the screen outside an AlertDialog cancel the AlertDialog?

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