If you customize a toast in android then, you can show images instead of displaying some simple text. In this post, We will see how you can create a custom toast in android.
(I am assuming that you know about the Toast in android. In case you don’t know, then click here to read one of my previous posts on Toast in android.)
How to create custom toast in android?
I will create a simple app that contains a button. The button shows a toast when clicked.
Below is the activity_main.xml file that contains a button with text ‘show toast’.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom|center"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="160dp"
android:layout_height="82dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="80dp"
android:text="Show Toast" />
</LinearLayout>
Now, to customize the toast I will create an XML file for the custom toast layout in the layout directory. Below is the custom_toast.xml file that contains an ImageView and a textView inside the ConstraintLayout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/layout_custom_toast"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="178dp"
android:layout_height="189dp"
android:src="@drawable/logo"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.456"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.328" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="227dp"
android:layout_height="81dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="DeveloperXon"
android:textColor="#039BE5"
android:textSize="30sp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.581"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Now, all I have to do is to inflate this layout, give it to the toast object and show the toast on button click. Let’s see the MainActivity.java file.
package com.example.custom_toast;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button button = findViewById(R.id.button);
//Inflate the custom_toast layout
View myCustomToastLayout = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_toast, findViewById(R.id.layout_custom_toast));
//Create the Toast instance
Toast toast = new Toast(this);
//Set the layout (myCustomToastLayout) to show as a toast
toast.setView(myCustomToastLayout);
toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0, 0);
toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
toast.show();
}
});
}
}
Output :
Output before tapping on the Show Toast button
Output after tapping on the Show Toast button
That’s all about creating a custom toast in android.
Goodbye.
DeveloperXon 
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