How can I add a third button to an Android Alert Dialog?

Android Android Alertdialog Android Dialog

Android Problem Overview

The API says that the Alert Dialog can have one, two or three buttons, but the SDK only allows for a positive and negative button. How then can I add a third button?

Android Solutions

Solution 1 - Android

When you are creating the dialog, add something like this to the builder:

builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
builder.setTitle("Test");
builder.setIcon(R.drawable.icon);
builder.setMessage("test");
builder.setPositiveButton("Call Now",
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id)
            {
                dialog.cancel();
            }
        });

builder.setNeutralButton("Setup",
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id)
            {
                context.startActivity(new Intent(context, Setup.class));
                //dialog.cancel();
            }
        });

builder.setNegativeButton("Exit",
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id)
            {
                dialog.cancel();
            }
        });
builder.create().show();

Solution 2 - Android

This code snippet should help explain the three different buttons you can use:

    alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();

    alertDialog.setTitle("Dialog Button");

    alertDialog.setMessage("This is a three-button dialog!");

    alertDialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE, "Button 1 Text", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {

        //...

    } }); 

    alertDialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEGATIVE, "Button 2 Text", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {

        //...

    }}); 

    alertDialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEUTRAL, "Button 3 Text", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {

        //...

    }});

Solution 3 - Android

Add any number of buttons without xml:

    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
    builder.setTitle("Title");
    builder.setItems(new CharSequence[]
            {"button 1", "button 2", "button 3", "button 4"},
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    // The 'which' argument contains the index position
                    // of the selected item
                    switch (which) {
                        case 0:
                            Toast.makeText(context, "clicked 1", 0).show();
                            break;
                        case 1:
                            Toast.makeText(context, "clicked 2", 0).show();
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            Toast.makeText(context, "clicked 3", 0).show();
                            break;
                        case 3:
                            Toast.makeText(context, "clicked 4", 0).show();
                            break;
                    }
                }
            });
    builder.create().show();

Solution 4 - Android

AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                    this);

            // set title
            alertDialogBuilder.setTitle("To Do List");

            // set dialog message
            alertDialogBuilder
                    .setMessage("What do you want?")
                    .setCancelable(false)
                    .setPositiveButton("Delete All", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            // if this button is clicked, close
                            // current activity


                           

                            dialog.cancel();

                            
                        }
                    }).setNeutralButton("Delete", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                    // if this button is clicked, close
                    // current activity


                   

                    dialog.cancel();
                    
                }
            })
                    .setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            // if this button is clicked, just close
                            // the dialog box and do nothing

                            dialog.cancel();
                        }
                    });

            // create alert dialog
            AlertDialog alertDialog = alertDialogBuilder.create();

            // show it
            alertDialog.show();

Solution 5 - Android

With Jetpack compose 1.0.x you can use the AlertDialog with the buttons parameter:

val openDialog = remember { mutableStateOf(true) }

if (openDialog.value) {
    AlertDialog(
        onDismissRequest = {
            openDialog.value = false
        },
        title = {
            Text(text = "Title")
        },
        text = {
            Text(
                "Message area"
            )
        },
        buttons = {
            Row(
                modifier = Modifier.padding(all = 8.dp),
                horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.SpaceBetween
            ) {
                TextButton(onClick = {  }){
                    Text("First")
                }
                TextButton(onClick = { }) {
                    Text("Second")
                }
                TextButton(onClick = {  }) {
                    Text("Third")
                }
            }
        }
    )
}

With the Material Components library you can use:

MaterialAlertDialogBuilder(context)
        .setTitle(resources.getString(R.string.title))
        .setMessage(resources.getString(R.string.supporting_text))
        .setNeutralButton(resources.getString(R.string.cancel)) { dialog, which ->
            // Respond to neutral button press
        }
        .setNegativeButton(resources.getString(R.string.decline)) { dialog, which ->
            // Respond to negative button press
        }
        .setPositiveButton(resources.getString(R.string.accept)) { dialog, which ->
            // Respond to positive button press
        }
        .show()

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
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Solution 3 - Android	Oded Breiner	View Answer on Stackoverflow
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