Tap outside Android dialog to dismiss it?

Question

I was wondering if it\'s possible to somehow tap outside a popup dialog (or an Activity with a dialog theme), and dismiss it by just tapping outside of it?

I made a

Answer 1

Old question but yet another solution:

1. Make your foreground activity full-screen. Usenested layouts: The full-screen layout should have transparent background (e.g. @null or @android:color/transparent). The inner layout should have a visible background.

2. Add an OnClickListener to the invisible outer layout that finish()es your activity.