Android “Best Practice” returning values from a dialog

Question

What is the \"correct\" way to return the values to the calling activity from a complex custom dialog - say, text fields, date or time picker, a bunch of radio buttons, etc,

Answer 1

After quite a bit of research I settled on a callback interface. My code is as follows:

MyFragment.java

public class MyFragment extends Fragment {

...

private void displayFilter() {

    FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();

    FilterDialogFragment filterDialogFragment = new FilterDialogFragment();
    Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
    bundle.putSerializable("listener", new FilterDialogFragment.OnFilterClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFilterClickListener() {
            System.out.println("LISTENER CLICKED");

        }
    });
    filterDialogFragment.setArguments(bundle);
    filterDialogFragment.show(fragmentManager, DIALOG_FILTER);

}

MyDialog.java

public class MyDialog extends DialogFragment {

private ImageButton mBtnTest;
private OnFilterClickListener mOnFilterClickListener;

@Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
    // Get the layout inflater
    LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();
    View filterLayout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.filter_dialog, null);
    // Inflate and set the layout for the dialog
    // Pass null as the parent view because its going in the dialog layout
    builder.setView(filterLayout)
            .setTitle("Filter");

    Dialog dialog = builder.create();

    mOnFilterClickListener = (OnFilterClickListener) getArguments().getSerializable("listener");

    mBtnTest = (ImageButton)filterLayout.findViewById(R.id.fandb);
    mBtnTest.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            mOnFilterClickListener.onFilterClickListener();
            dismiss();
        }
    });

    return dialog;
}

public interface OnFilterClickListener extends Serializable {
    void onFilterClickListener();
}

}