Android Toast Notification Example

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.