Toasts overview

A toast provides simple feedback about an operation in a small popup. It only fills the amount of space required for the message and the current activity remains visible and interactive. Toasts automatically disappear after a timeout.

For example, clicking Send on an email triggers a "Sending message..." toast, as shown in the following screen capture:

Alternatives to using toasts

If your app is in the foreground, consider using a snackbar instead of using a toast. Snackbars include user-actionable options, which can provide a better app experience.

If your app is in the background, and you want users to take some action, use a notification instead.

Instantiate a Toast object

Use the makeText() method, which takes the following parameters:

1. The application Context.
2. The text that should appear to the user.
3. The duration that the toast should remain on the screen.

The makeText() method returns a properly initialized Toast object.

Show the toast

To display the toast, call the show() method, as demonstrated in the following example:

val text = "Hello toast!"
val duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT

val toast = Toast.makeText(applicationContext, text, duration)
toast.show()

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

Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, text, duration);
toast.show();

Chain your toast method calls

You can chain your methods to avoid holding on to the Toast object, as shown in the following code snippet:

Toast.makeText(context, text, duration).show()

Toast.makeText(context, text, duration).show();