custom alert dialog getting unwanted padding

Question

I have tried to make a custom alert dialog and it mostly works very well. the functionality is working perfectly but the view is behaving in a weird way. The dialog layout c

Answer 1

Here is code that will give you full control over the dialog view:

final Dialog dlg = new Dialog(this);
View action_layout = ((LayoutInflater) getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)).inflate(R.layout.contacts_action, null);
dlg.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);  
Window window = dlg.getWindow();
window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND);
window.setType(WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT);
WindowManager.LayoutParams wlp = window.getAttributes();
wlp.gravity = Gravity.FILL_HORIZONTAL;
window.setAttributes(wlp);
dlg.setCancelable(true);
dlg.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
dlg.setContentView(action_layout);
dlg.show();