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I am using a simple text field alert dialog with a positive and a cancel button. I want to validate my alert dialog and prevent the done button from closing the AlertDialog if the input is invalid. Is there any way short of creating a custom dialog to prevent the PositiveButton onClick() handler from closing the dialog if the validation fails? class CreateNewCategoryAlertDialog { final EditText editText; final AlertDialog alertDialog; class PositiveButtonClickListener implements OnClickListener { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { String name = editText.getText().toString(); if(name.equals("")) { editText.requestFocus(); editText.setError("Please enter a name"); // Some code to stop AlertDialog from closing goes here... } else { doSomethingUsefulWithName(); } } } AlertDialog buildAlertDialog(Context context) { return new AlertDialog.Builder(context) .setTitle(context.getString(R.string.enter_name)) .setMessage(context.getString(R.string.enter_name_msg)) .setView(editText) .setPositiveButton(context.getString(R.string.done), new PositiveButtonClickListener()) .setNegativeButton(context.getString(R.string.cancel), null).create(); } }

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