Android: how to create a transparent dialog-themed activity

Question

My original goal here was a modal dialog, but you know, Android didn\'t support this type of dialog. Alternatively, building a dialog-themed activity would possibly work.

Answer 1

Just a quick update on @user824330 answer. Since you have the AlertDialog.Builder class, why not using it properly? Many methods are now deprecated. The up-to-date code would be similar to this:

public class DialogActivity extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    builder.setTitle("title")
       .setMessage("message")
       .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
       .setPositiveButton("Yes", new OnClickListener() {
               @Override
               public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {}
       })
       .setNegativeButton("No", new OnClickListener() {
               @Override
               public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {}
       });

    final AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
    dialog.show();
}

}