StackOverflowError when trying to inflate a custom layout for an AlertDialog inside a DialogFragment

Question

I\'m trying to create an AlertDialog, by using the Builder and setting a custom view. When I try to inflate the view inside of onCreateDialog, I get a StackOverflowError..

Answer 1

It looks like this is fixed in Fragment 1.2.3: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/fragment#1.2.3.

The docs do use requireActivity().getLayoutInflater() rather than just getLayoutInflater however so it still might not be recommended.

Answer 2

If found the problem. DialogFragment.getLayoutInflater() contains a call to onCreateDialog(), so calling onCreateDialog() from within getLayoutInflater() creates an infinite loop.

I found the solution in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10585164/2020340

I'm not exactly sure if this is good form, because it doesn't really seem like it, but I replaced

getLayoutInflater(savedInstanceState)

with

getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

Edit: They are the same. See this answer for details: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20995083/2020340

Answer 3

You should use LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).

If you are using viewbindings you can call it like this:

binding = FragmentOtpDialogBinding.inflate(LayoutInflater.from(getContext()));