Null Validation on EditText box in Alert Dialog - Android

Question

I am trying to add some text validation to an edit text field located within an alert dialog box. It prompts a user to enter in a name.

I want to add some validatio

Answer 1

//if view is not instantiated,it always returns null for edittext values.

View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.new_location_dialog, null);
builder.setView(v); 



final EditText titleBox = (EditText)v.findViewById(R.id.title);
final EditText descriptionBox = (EditText)v.findViewById(R.id.description);