Custom Toast in Android Example

Toast is nothing but a small pop up or a feedback after an operation has performed in the android device. Say for example, if you perform a navigate from an email before you send it, it will trigger a "Draft Saved" toast message to know you that you can continue to edit later. Toast message will disappear after a few timeout seconds. This is a toast. It fills only the space which is required for that particular message and the current operation in the screen remains interactive and visible.

1. First create a Layout File named toast.xml

toast.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text"

    android:id="@+id/toast_layout_root"

    android:orientation="horizontal"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:padding="10dp"

    android:background="#ffffff" >        

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/image"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="fill_parent"

        android:layout_marginRight="10dp" />

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="fill_parent"

        android:textColor="#FFF" />    

</LinearLayout>

2. Add the below code to the main activity file of your project.

MainActivity.java

package com.udhaya.android; 

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

import android.widget.Button;

import android.widget.Toast; 

public class MainActivity extends Activity { 

private Button button; 

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.main); 

button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonToast); 

button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { 

 @Override

 public void onClick(View arg0) { 

    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 

                               "Button clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 

 }

});

}

}

And that's it. Now play with toast messages in your android development projects.