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My current Alert Dialog looks like the one of the right, I want it to look like the one on the left.

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I think I can do that by changing the theme of the custom Dialog, but I am not sure if that is correct, and if it is so, then how to proceed? Is there anyway I can customly change the positive/negative button?

I dont want to create my custom dialog as the way the button show in alert dialog is perfect for me.

Something like the one on the right in http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html

This is what I have done so far,

 AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(LoginSignupActivity.this); LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater(); builder.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.newusersignup, null)).setTitle("Sign up"); builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {} //etc

and my xml looks like 

<TextView android:id="@+id/newUsersTxtName" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:text="Enter your name" android:textColor="@color/white" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/newUserTxtPassword" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/newUsersName" android:text="Enter password" android:textColor="@color/white" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/newUsersName" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/newUsersTxtName" android:ems="10" android:textColor="@color/white" android:inputType="text" > <requestFocus /> </EditText> <EditText android:id="@+id/newUserPassword" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/newUserTxtPassword" android:ems="10" android:textColor="@color/white" android:inputType="textPassword" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/newUserEmail" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/newUserTxtEmail" android:ems="10" android:textColor="@color/white" android:inputType="textEmailAddress" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/newUserTxtEmail" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/newUserPassword" android:text="Enter your email" android:textColor="@color/white" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

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I would make the changes via a custom style in "styles.xml" e.g.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <style name="AlertDialogCustom" parent="@android:style/AlertDialog"> <item name="android:textColor">#00FF00</item> <item name="android:typeface">monospace</item> <item name="android:textSize">10sp</item> </style>

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It is also possible to do so programmatically: 

AlertDialog.Builder customBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(new ContextThemeWrapper(this,android.R.style.Theme_Dialog)); customBuilder.setTitle(R.string.popup_error_title); customBuilder.setNegativeButton("Exit application", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { MyActivity.this.finish(); } }); AlertDialog dialog = customBuilder.create(); dialog.show(); Button b = dialog.getButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_NEGATIVE); if(b != null) b.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.my_button))

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EDIT: the styles.xml file will be placed in the \main\res\values folder

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but how will the custom style change the positive/negative button backgrounds for the alert dialog?
You can then apply the style to the alert as @Questing said.
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You can define your own AlertDialog style as doydoy did, then simply create AlertDialog.Builder in this way:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this, R.style.style_name);

Otherwise, you can try to define your own app theme and override android:alertDialogStyle without touching the code to get a uniform user experience. https://sites.google.com/site/androidhowto/how-to-1/customize-alertdialog-theme

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use this method and you are able to change size color and some other features

dialog = alertdialogbuilder.create(); dialog.setOnShowListener(new DialogInterface.OnShowListener() { @Override public void onShow(DialogInterface dlg) { dialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setTextSize(20); // set text size of positive button dialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setTextColor(Color.RED); set text color of positive button dialog.getWindow().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL); // set title and message direction to RTL } }); dialog.show();
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You've put the javascript portion of your snippet in the HTML section, so clicking "Run code snippet" doesn't work.
Adam Barnes tnx
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This worked for me, its basically applying the Holo theme to my particular activity

res/values/styles.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <style name="default_activity_theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo"/> </resources>

AndroidManifest.xml

<activity android:name="MyActivity" android:theme="@style/default_activity_theme"/>
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I am getting downvotes on my solution above. This is a three year old question (and answer) so i suspect either Android has changed such that this is no longer valid, or someone is just deciding to go on a downvoting spree.

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