The next step in making our UI nicer is to stop using the standard Android dialogs and create our own custom ones instead. Once again this is something completely discouraged for apps but it makes a lot of sense for games.
There are many reasons why a custom dialog system is better for games:
The default dialogs will look different in different Android versions. This is in fact great when you use
AlertDialogin an app, since it mimics the dialogs of all the rest of the apps, but not the games. We want consistency.Default dialogs use the system font.
If you try to set a custom background or a custom content view,
AlertDialogslook terrible. Again, you should never do that in an app, but you definitely want it in a game.The standard dialogs ruin the immersive experience by showing the notifications and system bars when they are on screen.
It is hard to replace the animations of
AlertDialogwith custom ones.
We are going to build a system that shows our dialogs on screen, with a gray...