I suggest and think there the best way is to create your custom dialog instead of the predefined AlertDialog. Create your own xml.
I suggest using the same manner exposed above, only that instead of using basic Dialog class, the DialogFragment class which is keeps its state when the device's state changes (rotation/keyboard...) Hope it helps... ;).
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