# Alert get text issue

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [August 19, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131 "2019-08-19T11:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131/1 "2019-08-19T11:02:11Z")

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Hi there,  
Assume I drag an alert and drag a button.  
Set button text : Hello World  
When button click to show an alert and set alert text to from button get text  
The first click : nothing happen ( empty )  
The second click : Is work ( Shown Hello World )  
Is it a bug?I want to tell this issue before.  
Thanks.  
Regard,  
BlueWhaleYT

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131/2 "2019-08-19T11:27:53Z")

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Hi,

Sometimes I noticed that the Alert dialog on Android does not display data the first time. But it was a long time ago. Can you show your blocks?

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**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131/3 "2019-08-19T11:29:27Z")

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Ok,check out pm

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131/4 "2019-08-19T11:34:14Z")

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The message text in Alert must be set before it is called. You get it this way: first you display Alert, and then change the text in it. Therefore, the dialogue is empty at first.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/alert-get-text-issue/187131/6 "2024-11-08T12:11:53Z")

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