I want to detect when a Preference
contained in a ListView
gets clicked, so that I can launch an intent to manage that selection.
I would have done like this in my layout XML
file:
<Preference android:title="About" android:key="myKey"></Preference>
And the following in my java
code:
Preference myPref = (Preference) findPreference("myKey"); myPref.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new OnPreferenceClickListener() { public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference preference) { //open browser or intent here } });
But the method public Preference findPreference (CharSequence key)
is deprecated.
Fragments
help me do my task in a better way?Chek here: Preferences without deprecated methods.Here you can check the XML
layout structure that my activity has, and a snapshot of the application:
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <Preference android:key="about" android:title="@string/titleAbout" android:summary="@string/summaryAbout" /> <Preference android:key="labelTaxonomy" android:title="@string/titleLabelTaxonomy" android:summary="@string/summaryLabelTaxonomy" /> </PreferenceScreen>
SNAPSHOT:
After clicking on the About (or Access Label Taxonomy) Preference
, I'd like to open an intent
of some kind (could also be a video or anything else...the names are misleading).
If you use fragments, you can use the method "findPreference()" on the basis of a preferences fragment.
public class CustomActivity extends PreferenceActivity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom); CustomFragment customFragment = (CustomFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.custom_fragment); EditTextPreference textPreference = (EditTextPreference) customFragment.findPreference("preference_key"); textPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new OnPreferenceClickListener() { public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference preference) { //open browser or intent here } }); } }
Is there a non deprecated equivalent?
If you are using PreferenceFragment
on API Level 11+ devices, you would call findPreference()
on it. Otherwise, call findPreference()
on your PreferenceActivity
, as you have no choice.
If not, what if I use it anyway?
It will work.
How can Fragments help me do my task in a better way?
API Level 11+ introduced PreferenceFragment
as another way of constructing the contents of a PreferenceActivity
. You are welcome to use them, but if you are still supporting older devices, you cannot use PreferenceFragment
for those devices.
That being said:
I want to detect when a Preference contained in a ListView gets clicked, so that I can launch an intent to manage that selection.
You do not need Java code for this. Use:
<PreferenceScreen android:title="@string/title_intent_preference" android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference"> <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW" android:data="http://www.android.com" /> </PreferenceScreen>
(as seen in the JavaDocs for PreferenceActivity
)
This will create an entry in the preference UI that, when clicked, will start an activity with the specified Intent
.
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