I have a PreferenceActivity where I represent a setting UI, when I press the first checkbox then the second checkbox becomes visible. On the other hand, when the first checkbox is unchecked the second checkbox is hidden(and gets a default value to false).
The problem is that I need my UI screen to be refreshed the moment I check(or uncheck) the first checkbox because right now with that code I need to go to another Activity (e.g when I press the back button) and then get back to the PreferenceActivity again in order to see the changes on my UI.
Code for PreferenceActivity:
public class SetPreference extends PreferenceActivity implements
OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.checkboxpref);
}
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
Preference checkbox = findPreference("checkBox_Schedule");
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager
.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
if (prefs.getBoolean("checkBox", true)) {
} else {
((PreferenceGroup) findPreference("category_second"))
.removePreference(checkbox);
SharedPreferences.Editor geted = prefs.edit();
geted.putBoolean("checkBox_Schedule", false);
geted.commit();
}
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
}
#Override
public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences,
String key) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
Code for XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<PreferenceCategory
android:summary="Username and password information"
android:title="Login information" >
<EditTextPreference
android:key="username"
android:summary="Please enter your login username"
android:title="Username" />
<EditTextPreference
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:key="password"
android:summary="Enter your password"
android:title="Password" />
</PreferenceCategory>
<PreferenceCategory
android:summary="Username and password information"
android:title="Settings"
android:key="category_first" >
<CheckBoxPreference
android:key="checkBox"
android:summary="On/Off"
android:title="Keep me logged in" />
<ListPreference
android:entries="#array/listOptions"
android:entryValues="#array/listValues"
android:key="listpref"
android:summary="List preference example"
android:title="List preference" />
</PreferenceCategory>
<PreferenceCategory
android:summary="schedule"
android:key="category_second"
android:title="Schedule" >
<CheckBoxPreference
android:key="checkBox_Schedule"
android:summary="On/Off"
android:title="Keep me logged in" />
</PreferenceCategory>
</PreferenceScreen>
Thank you for your time.
Ok then just restart the activity when the checkbox is selected/deselected:
startActivity(new Intent(PreferencesActivity.this, PreferencesActivity.class));
finish();
Consider using onPreferenceSelectedListener for the first checkbox to detect the act of checking/unchecking the preference.
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I am trying to include an EditTextPreference for a password, and want to hide the characters and show asterisks, but not able to do it.
this is my preference.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<PreferenceCategory
android:title="Scenes">
<DropDownPreference
android:key="scenario"
android:title="Select scene"
android:summary="%s"
android:entries="#array/scenarios"
android:entryValues="#array/scenarios_values" />
</PreferenceCategory>
<PreferenceCategory
android:title="Demo">
<SwitchPreference
android:key="connect_on_startup"
android:title="Auto Connect"
android:defaultValue="false"
android:summary="Connect automatically at startup" />
<EditTextPreference
android:title="UserName"
android:key="username"
android:summary="Please provide your Username"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true">
</EditTextPreference>
<EditTextPreference
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:title="Password"
android:key="password"
android:summary="Please provide your Password"
android:password="true" />
</PreferenceCategory>
What can I be doing wrong?
Thanks!
In Androidx this must be done with the following two step process
EditTextPreference passwordEditText = (EditTextPreference)findPreference("password");
passwordEditText.setOnBindEditTextListener(new androidx.preference.EditTextPreference.OnBindEditTextListener() {
#Override
public void onBindEditText(#NonNull EditText editText) {
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
}
});
passwordEditText.setSummaryProvider(new Preference.SummaryProvider() {
#Override
public CharSequence provideSummary(Preference preference) {
int valueSize= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext()).getString(preference.getKey(),"").length();
String newSummary="";
for (int i = 0; i < valueSize; i++) {
newSummary+="*";
}
return newSummary;
}
});
android:password="true" is deprecated you should use android:inputType="textPassword" instead.
If you need to hide text shown in the summary, it should be done outside of the xml file. You probably have code template from android studio that contains implementation of Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener. Inside of it there is callback method that is called when settings are changed. By default it changes summary to the incoming value:
preference.setSummary(stringValue);
Instead of it, you need to check if the preference is your password and skip setting the summary, something like this:
if ("password".equals(preference.getKey())) {
preference.setSummary("***");
} else {
preference.setSummary(stringValue);
}
I am trying to make a setting menu with cardView and Preference, but I am not sure how to combine these two... Here's the screenshot and I want to move the ListPreference and PreferenceScreen entries into the setting cardView above.
Here's the preference.xml The layout/setting_group is a cardview
<PreferenceScreen
android:layout="#layout/setting_title_top"
android:title = "Padding" />
<PreferenceScreen
android:layout="#layout/setting_group">
</PreferenceScreen>
<ListPreference
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout="#layout/setting_menu"
android:dialogTitle = "title one"
android:key = "key_1"
android:title = "ListPreference"
android:summary = "Summary"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</ListPreference>
<PreferenceScreen
android:layout="#layout/setting_menu"
android:key="Key two"
android:summary="Summary"
android:title="PreferenceScreen" />
<PreferenceScreen
android:layout="#layout/setting_title"
android:title = "Another Setting" />
The PreferenceScreen is a container, you are opening and closing him with noting inside.
You can create preferences like that:
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<EditTextPreference
android:capitalize="words"
android:defaultValue="#string/default_value" <!--The initial state of the preference -->
android:key="#string/pref_key" <!-- The key for retrieve the preference -->
android:singleLine="true"
android:title="#string/pref_title" /> <!-- The title who is showing above the preference -->
</PreferenceScreen>
Edit: Create a xml file to with the layout of your preferences and create and Activity, example:
public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity
implements Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref_general);
bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(getString(R.string.pref_key))); // Is deprecated, but still a good option to no need change the values manually.
}
private void bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(Preference preference) {
preference.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(this);
onPreferenceChange(preference, PreferenceManager
.getDefaultSharedPreferences(preference.getContext())
.getString(preference.getKey(), ""));
}
#Override
public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object value) {
String stringValue = value.toString();
preference.setSummary(stringValue);
return true;
}
}
I want use PreferenceScreen in my application, and create XML layout for this activity in res/xml/setting_preference.xml. but this XML layout is very simple, i want use this layout in another layout.
For example : i want use setting_preference.xml into setting_activity.xml , setting_activity.xml path is res/layout/setting_activity.xml.
How can i it?
setting_preference XML code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<PreferenceCategory
android:key="setting_title_title_category"
android:title="Title options">
<CheckBoxPreference
android:id="#+id/setting_title_show_id"
android:key="setting_title_show"
android:title="Show Main Title"
android:summary="Show/hide MainPage title"
android:checked="true"/>
<EditTextPreference
android:key="setting_title_text"
android:title="Set Main Title"
android:summary="Change MainPage title"
android:dialogTitle="Change Title"
android:dialogMessage="Change title please..."/>
</PreferenceCategory>
<PreferenceCategory
android:key="setting_title_font_category"
android:title="Font options">
<ListPreference
android:key="setting_title_font_color"
android:title="Title font colors"
android:summary="Change title font colors"
android:entries="#array/colors"
android:entryValues="#array/colors"
android:dialogTitle="Change font color" />
</PreferenceCategory>
<RingtonePreference
android:title="tes"/>
</PreferenceScreen>
setting_activity XML code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.tellfa.nikandroid.mytestdbproject.SettingPage">
</RelativeLayout>
Setting Page code:
public class SettingPage extends PreferenceActivity implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(android.R.id.content, new MyPreferenceFragment()).commit();
}
#Override
public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) {
if (key.equals("setting_title_font_color")) {
// get preference by key
Preference pref = findPreference(key);
// do your stuff here
}
if (key.equals("setting_title_show")){
Preference pref = findPreference(key);
}
}
public static class MyPreferenceFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
#Override
public void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.setting_prefrences);
}
}
}
Add a frameLayout where you want to load your xml preference file in the layout xml file and implement PreferenceFragment in that activity.
I have MenuSettings in which I have PreferenceActivity class. In PreferenceActivity I have displayed checkboxPreference like below.
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<PreferenceCategory
android:title="Options">
<CheckBoxPreference
android:key="pref_opt1"
android:title="Option 1"
android:summary="Tick to set this option"
android:defaultValue="true"
/>
<CheckBoxPreference
android:key="pref_opt2"
android:title="Option 2"
android:summary="Tick to set this option"
android:defaultValue="true"
/>
</PreferenceCategory>
</PreferenceScreen>
I want to use checkboxes to perform function for synchronization that I have build, But Please can any body let me know how to use checkboxes in PreferenceActivity. Is there any need to create another Activity? or we can perform function in same PreferenceActivity?
here is my PreferenceActivity:
public class SharedPref extends PreferenceActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.sharedpref);
}
// StorePreference method{
}
// readPreferences method{
}
}
i'm using this code in an activity
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
System.out.println(connections);
String dir = prefs.getString("download_directory", "Download");
System.out.println(dir);
}
My preferences.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<PreferenceCategory android:title="Downloads">
<EditTextPreference
android:key="download_directory"
android:title="#string/download_destination"
android:summary="#string/download_description"
android:defaultValue="FacebookPhotos"
android:dialogTitle="#string/download_destination" />
<CheckBoxPreference android:key="subdir_album"
android:title="#string/download_album"
android:summary="#string/download_album_description" />
</PreferenceCategory>
<PreferenceCategory android:title="Gallery">
<EditTextPreference
android:key="connections"
android:title="Concurrent connections"
android:numeric="integer"
android:maxLength="2"
android:defaultValue="7"
android:dialogTitle="Concurrent connections" />
</PreferenceCategory>
</PreferenceScreen>
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public class Preferences extends PreferenceActivity
{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
}
}
The problem is, when i get "connections" value it gives me the correct int, instead the getString for key "download_directory" always gives me the default value "Download"
getString for key "download_directory" always gives me the default
value "Download"
This can only happen if "download_directory" is not set at all!