EditText inside AlertDialog always null

Question

I\'ve search over the threads but so far I have not found what I\'m looking for. I created a custom Alert Dialog that show up and I can do almost anything with it. It custom

Answer 1

The explanation by adamp is great. But that method didn't work for me. The simplest way for me is like this:

builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.positive, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
               public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                   Dialog dialogView = (Dialog) dialog;
                   EditText et;
                   et = (EditText) dialogView.findViewById(R.id.addressinput);

Hope this helps somebody.