alertDialog.getButton() method gives null pointer exception android

Solution 1:

Take a look here for the answer : http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6360

As it says in comment #4 you must call show() on your dialog before you can access the buttons, they are not available beforehand. For an automatic solution on how to modify the buttons as soon as they are ready see Mickeys answer

Solution 2:

This works for me :

AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
                .setMessage(message)
                .setCancelable(true)
                .setPositiveButton("Yes",
                        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            //do smthng
                        })
                .setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        //do snthn
                    }
                }).create();

        alertDialog.setOnShowListener(new OnShowListener() {
            @Override
            public void onShow(DialogInterface dialog) {                    //
                Button positiveButton = ((AlertDialog) dialog)
                        .getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE);
                positiveButton.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources()
                        .getDrawable(R.drawable.btn_default_holo_dark));

                Button negativeButton = ((AlertDialog) dialog)
                        .getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEGATIVE);
                positiveButton.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources()
                        .getDrawable(R.drawable.btn_default_holo_dark));
            }
        });

        alertDialog.show(); 

only in this order, call alertDialog.setOnShowListener after create()

Solution 3:

Thanks wieux. But for new developers understanding purpose I am re-writing code below

AlertDialog dialog= new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();             
dialog.setIcon(R.drawable.alert_icon);             
dialog.setTitle("title");            
dialog.setMessage("Message");             
dialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE,"Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {                 
    @Override                 
    public void onClick(DialogInterface arg0, int arg1) {                                                
    }             
}); 
dialog.show(); 
Button yesButton = dialog.getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE);             
Log.w("Button",""+yesButton); //here getting null             
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, 1f);             
yesButton.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);