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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Testing and Debugging Toast Notifications

Brendan Milton
Brendan Milton
9,050 Points
Posted by Brendan Milton
Brendan Milton
9,050 Points

Loving this android development course! is it possible to make the Toast appear on a different part of the screen?

Loving this android development course! is it possible to make the Toast appear on a different part of the screen? e.g. higher up, so it doesn't appear so messy.

2 Answers

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
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Hello,

I have not tried this yet, but it appears to be possible according to this post on stackoverflow. To do this you'd want to create the toast and store it as a variable, while not showing it. Then you'd want to use the following code:

toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0);

where Gravity.TOP|Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL are Gravity contents ORed together and the following two numbers are the x and y offsets from the defined Gravity position that you want the toast placed.

Brendan Milton
Brendan Milton
9,050 Points
Brendan Milton
Brendan Milton
9,050 Points

Thank you so much, i'll give it a go!