Get value from DialogFragment

Question

I want the DialogFragment to return a value to me that was entered in editQuantity when dismissed.

But i am not getting any way to make it work. I can do this by passing the value through the intent but that destroys the progress of the current activity.

Is there any way other than passing through intent that will return me value?

package com.example.myprojectname;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.text.InputType;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class QuantityDialogFragment extends DialogFragment implements OnClickListener { 


    private EditText editQuantity;

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        editQuantity = new EditText(getActivity());
        editQuantity.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);

        return new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
        .setTitle(R.string.app_name)
        .setMessage("Please Enter Quantity")
        .setPositiveButton("OK", this)
        .setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null)
        .setView(editQuantity)
        .create();

    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int position) {
        String value = editQuantity.getText().toString();
        Log.d("Quantity: ", value);
        dialog.dismiss();       
    }
}

Answer 1

Assuming that you want to foward result to the calling Activity:) try this code snippet:

public class QuantityDialogFragment extends DialogFragment implements OnClickListener {

    private EditText editQuantity;

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        editQuantity = new EditText(getActivity());
        editQuantity.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);

        return new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity()).setTitle(R.string.app_name).setMessage("Please Enter Quantity")
                .setPositiveButton("OK", this).setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null).setView(editQuantity).create();

    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int position) {
        String value = editQuantity.getText().toString();
        Log.d("Quantity: ", value);
        MainActivity callingActivity = (MainActivity) getActivity();
        callingActivity.onUserSelectValue(value);
        dialog.dismiss();
    }
}

and on Your activity add :

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        QuantityDialogFragment dialog = new QuantityDialogFragment();
        dialog.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "Dialog");
    }

    /**
     * callback method from QuantityDialogFragment, returning the value of user
     * input.
     * 
     * @param selectedValue
     */
    public void onUserSelectValue(String selectedValue) {
        // TODO add your implementation.
    }
}