In 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 :
Normal Toast view.
Custom Toast view.
P.S This project is developed in Eclipse 3.7, and tested with Android 2.3.3.
1. Normal Toast View
Simple Toast example.
File : res/layout/main.xml
File : MainActivity.java
package com.ms.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();
}
});
}
}
See demo, when a button is clicked, display a normal Toast message.