Performing single selection from a list

This recipe will display a dialog box, showing a list of items, allowing the user to select one of them. The name of the selected item will be displayed via another dialog box.

How to do it...

In this recipe, we will be making use of the following methods:

• dialogCreateAlert(): This method is used to display a message via the dialog box
• dialogSetItems(): This method is used to define the array of items to be displayed in the list
• dialogGetResponse(): This method is used to get a response from the user

Take a look at the following steps:

1. First type the following code in the Python script demoSingleSelection.py, in the current folder of your computer:

import android
app = android.Android()
app.dialogCreateAlert("Select your food item")
app.dialogSetItems(['Pizza', 'Burger', 'Hot Dog'])
app.dialogShow()
response = app.dialogGetResponse().result
selectedResult=response["item"]
if selectedResult==0:
    app.dialogCreateAlert("You have selected Pizza")
elif selectedResult...