Display Simple Toast & Custom Toast in Android! (Updated with androidx package)

As we have seen dialog boxes are used for displaying alerts and warnings. But the drawback is that the user has to interact with them every time to hide those pop-ups.

So one alternative is there which will not require any user interaction.
It is known as Toast which displays the message for a particular time duration and goes away.

This example displays a simple toast and a custom toast.

 

Please Note: The images are taken from Pixabay.

--------------------- custom_toast_xml  ---------------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:weightSum="2">

        <Button
            android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
            android:id="@+id/cta_simpleToastBtn"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
            android:text="Simple Toast"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:textColor="#ffffff"/>

        <Button
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:id="@+id/cta_customToastBtn"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
            android:text="Custom Toast"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:textColor="#ffffff"/>

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

-------------------- CustomToastActivit.java -------------------

package com.app.yourappname;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

public class CustomToastActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.custom_toast_activity);

        Button simpleToastBtn = findViewById(R.id.cta_simpleToastBtn);
        simpleToastBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Simple Toast!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });

        Button customToastBtn = findViewById(R.id.cta_customToastBtn);
        customToastBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                customToast();
            }
        });
    }

    private void customToast() {
        LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(getApplicationContext());
        ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
        ll.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        ll.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.wood_panel);

        ImageView imgView = new ImageView(getApplicationContext());
        imgView.setImageResource(R.drawable.alert_icon);
        ll.addView(imgView);

        TextView textView = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
        textView.setText("Custom Toast!");
        textView.setTextColor(Color.YELLOW);
        textView.setTextSize(40);
        textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
        ll.addView(textView);

        Toast toast = new Toast(getApplicationContext());
        toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
        toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        toast.setView(ll);
        toast.show();
    }
}

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--------------- Declare Activity name in Manifest File -----------------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.app.yourappname">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".CustomToastActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>