I am trying to create an alert dialog with an `EditText` object. I need to set the initial text of the `EditText` programmatically. Here's what I have.

```
AlertDialog.Builder dialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
// ...Irrelevant code for customizing the buttons and title
AlertDialog alertDialog = dialogBuilder.create();
LayoutInflater inflater = this.getLayoutInflater();
alertDialog.setContentView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.alert_label_editor, null));
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.label_field);
editText.setText("test label");
alertDialog.show();

```

What do I need to change so that I can have a valid `EditText` object?

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So, it was pointed out by user370305 and others that I should be using `alertDialog.findViewById(R.id.label_field);`

Unfortunately there is another issue here. Apparently, setting the content view on the `AlertDialog` causes the program to crash at runtime. You have to set it on the builder. 

```
AlertDialog.Builder dialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
// ...Irrelevant code for customizing the buttons and title
dialogBuilder.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.alert_label_editor, null));
AlertDialog alertDialog = dialogBuilder.create();
LayoutInflater inflater = this.getLayoutInflater();
EditText editText = (EditText) alertDialog.findViewById(R.id.label_field);
editText.setText("test label");
alertDialog.show();

```

Unfortunately, when you do this, `alertDialog.findViewById(R.id.label_field);` now returns `null`.

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