Android Toast

An Android, Toast is a notification message that pop up, display a certain amount of time, and automtaically fades in and out, most people just use it for debugging purpose.

Code snippets to create a Toast message :

//display in short period of time
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "msg msg", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 
//display in long period of time
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "msg msg", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

In this tutorial, we will show you two Toast examples :

1. Normal Toast view.
2. Custom Toast view.

1. Normal Toast View

Simple Toast example.

File : res/layout/main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/buttonToast"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Show Toast" />
 
</LinearLayout>

File : MainActivity.java

package com.bishnu.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 is clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 
     }
  });
 }
}