As described here, I am subclassing PreferenceFragment and displaying it inside an Activity. That document explains how to listen for preference changes here, but only if you subclass PreferenceActivity. Since I'm not doing that, how do I listen for preference changes?
I've tried implementing OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener in my PreferenceFragment but it does not seem to work (onSharedPreferenceChanged
never seems to get called).
This is my code so far:
SettingsActivity.java
public class SettingsActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Display the fragment as the main content. getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(android.R.id.content, new SettingsFragment()).commit(); } }
SettingsFragment.java
public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener { public static final String KEY_PREF_EXERCISES = "pref_number_of_exercises"; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Load the preferences from an XML resource addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences); } @Override public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) { //IT NEVER GETS IN HERE! if (key.equals(KEY_PREF_EXERCISES)) { // Set summary to be the user-description for the selected value Preference exercisesPref = findPreference(key); exercisesPref.setSummary(sharedPreferences.getString(key, "")); } } }
preferences.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <EditTextPreference android:defaultValue="15" android:enabled="true" android:key="pref_number_of_exercises" android:numeric="integer" android:title="Number of exercises" /> </PreferenceScreen>
Also, is the PreferenceFragment even the right place to listen for preference changes or should I do it within the Activity?
I believe you just need to register/unregister the Listener
in your PreferenceFragment
and it will work.
@Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); getPreferenceManager().getSharedPreferences().registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this); } @Override public void onPause() { getPreferenceManager().getSharedPreferences().unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this); super.onPause(); }
Depending on what you want to do you may not need to use a listener. Changes to the preferences are committed to SharedPreferences
automatically.
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