How to access a widget from within a layout with Alert Builder?

Question

How does one access a particular widget from within a custom layout while using Alert Builder? As you can see below, I'm setting the alert to a widget that is created in the code, but I'd MUCH rather use predefined layout.

Current code:

    private AlertDialog numberDialog(String title, final int dialogID){
            AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);                 
            alert.setTitle(title);  

            final NumberPicker np = new NumberPicker(this);
            alert.setView(np);
            alert.setPositiveButton(R.string.done, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {  
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                            int newNumber = np.getCurrent();
                            calculatorVO.setWaiste(newNumber);
                            PFACalculator.this.updateList();
                            return;                  
                    }  
            });  

            alert.setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                            return;   
                    }
            });

            AlertDialog ad = alert.create();
            return ad;
    }

Psuedo-code for something I'd like:

    private AlertDialog numberDialog(String title, final int dialogID){
            AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);                 
            alert.setTitle(title);  
            alert.setView(R.layout.numberDialog);
            alert.setPositiveButton(R.string.done, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {  
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                            NumberPicker np = (NumberPicker)findViewById(R.id.numpicker);
                            int newNumber = np.getCurrent();
                            calculatorVO.setWaiste(newNumber);
                            PFACalculator.this.updateList();
                            return;                  
                    }  
            });  

            alert.setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                            return;   
                    }
            });

            AlertDialog ad = alert.create();
            return ad;
    }

However, whenever I try to do it the second way I get a null pointer exception. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

The view you are assigning hasn't been created yet. Take a look at LayoutInfator.inflate() to inflate that view and pass the result to setView().