Alertdialog - Removeview Has To Get Called

I have a alert dialog with a editText area. When I call it a second time, the app crashes with error: 02-28 23:25:08.958: E/AndroidRuntime(11533): java.lang.IllegalStateException:

Solution 1:

AlertDialog.Builder.show create a new instance of Alert from the content of the Builder, including the view given in setView.

Therefore, your input will be added to both the alerts. To prevent this, use create to create a final instance of your AlertDialog and call show on this one:

finalAlertDialogalertDialog= alert.create();

[...]
// in onClick
alertDialog.show();

On a broader perspective, you should use showDialog(int id) and the associated methods onCreateDialog and onPrepareDialog. However, all this is now deprecated if you use Fragments, in which case you should use a DialogFragment