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Custom alert dialog in Android

Dialog and AlertDialog with custom layout on Android

In this post I will show you how to create custom dialog on Android using a layout created by us, that is, create a custom alert by adding elements such as EditText, Button, etc.

Custom alerts on Android serve to display an alert that is not a confirmation alert, since we can define a custom layout.

To achieve this we will use the Dialog and AlertDialog.Builder classes.

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How to install Node.js and NPM on Android using Termux app

In this post we will see how to install Node.Js and NPM (Node package manager) in Android.

At the end we will be able to run Node.js applications as if we had a Linux server.

We will also see how to install dependencies using the npm install command, since it is a possible thing in Android thanks to Termux.

Specifically we will install version 6.9.0 of NPM and version 12.3.1 of node, although perhaps when you read this post you will install a newer version.

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