Android Dialog with dynamic text (API level < 8) killed on rotation

Question

I want to create a dialog with a string that I build at runtime. It looks like API level 8 allows you to call showDialog with a bundle, but I have to write an app that will run on the older OSs.

How do I create a dialog with something like a simple error string and make sure it doesn't die when I rotate the screen.

I realize if I override onCreateDialog, it will do it for me. The problem is, this just takes the int constant. I need to pass a string to it so it knows what to put in the dialog.

If I build my dialog myself and then call .show() on it, it won't live through a screen orientation change.

Answer 1

You could just pass the string in the constructor.

public class MyDialog extends Dialog {

    public MyDialog(Context context, String msg) {
        super(context);
        TextView textView = new TextView(context);
        textView.setText(msg);
        setContentView(textView);
    }

}