Custom Alert dialog not centered vertically on Android

Question

I made a custom alert dialog box to be displayed at the end of my game so that the player can enter its name to save it. The problem is when I call show() on the dialog appears but it's not vertically centered! It's a bit lower than it should and no matter what properties I set in the xml or when using setGravity().

I think it's the same problem as stated here: http://bit.ly/9tk0ld but no one gave a proper answer.

Thanks for your help.

here is my code for more detail:

    AlertDialog.Builder builder;

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)this.getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.newrecord,(ViewGroup)findViewById(R.layout.shoot));

    builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    builder.setView(layout);

    newRecDialog = builder.create();

And here is the code of the first element of the XML layout of newrecord.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
 android:padding="10dp"
android:baselineAligned="true">

Here is the output screenshot:

Answer 1

set the attribute on your AlertDialog as android:gravity="center" or programmatically as setGravity(Gravity.CENTER). This Gravity is for your layout only not for the display of your mobile. if you use Custom Title its did not look like center vertical.