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The Basics

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First, instantiate a Toast object with one of the makeText() methods. This method takes three parameters: the application Context , the text message, and the duration for the toast. It returns a properly initialized Toast object. You can display the toast notification with show() , as shown in the following example:

      
        Context
      
      
         context 
      
      
        =
      
      
         getApplicationContext
      
      
        ();
      
      
      
      
        CharSequence
      
      
         text 
      
      
        =
      
      
      
      
        "Hello toast!"
      
      
        ;
      
      
      
      
        int
      
      
         duration 
      
      
        =
      
      
      
      
        Toast
      
      
        .
      
      
        LENGTH_SHORT
      
      
        ;
      
      
      
      
        Toast
      
      
         toast 
      
      
        =
      
      
      
      
        Toast
      
      
        .
      
      
        makeText
      
      
        (
      
      
        context
      
      
        ,
      
      
         text
      
      
        ,
      
      
         duration
      
      
        );
      
      
        
toast
      
      
        .
      
      
        show
      
      
        ();
      
    

This example demonstrates everything you need for most toast notifications. You should rarely need anything else. You may, however, want to position the toast differently or even use your own layout instead of a simple text message. The following sections describe how you can do these things.

You can also chain your methods and avoid holding on to the Toast object, like this:

Toasts | Android Developers