Is there a way to keep the dividers around a non selectable preference?

Question

If you set the selectability of a preference item to false, you will notice that the dividers around that item will disappear.

Do you know if there is a way to keep those dividers?

I have looked at the ListView API and could not find a solution that could be applied here, since there is no selectable attribute for ListView items (except for the headers and footers).

Thanks!

Dave Aaron Smith · Answer 1 · 2014-07-21T16:47:13.563

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I did it with a hack.

<Preference android:layout="@layout/preference_divider" />
<Preference android:title="@string/whatever" android:selectable="false" />

res/layout/preference_divider.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<View xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:background="#cccccc"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="1px" />

edited Jul 21 '14 at 16:47

answered Jul 01 '14 at 19:08

Dave Aaron Smith

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Why did you change it to 1px? 0px works fine for me, just wondering if there may be problems with 0px on some devices or Android versions? – tomrozb Dec 11 '14 at 21:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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some example code would help! did you set your dividers in the ListView element? if yes check this post as well.

<ListView
    //...
    android:divider="@color/black"
    />

Otherwise you could create a custom ListElementView and add your dividers in the layout xml.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Aug 26 '13 at 14:55

longi

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I am not saying that my list of preferences item doesn't have dividers at all. I am saying, that the items which are made *non selectable* end up with no dividers around them. There is nothing special about the code, since it works as the framework intended it. I am just looking for a way to customize this default experience. Thanks for the help! – Amokrane Chentir Aug 26 '13 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 01 '14 at 13:13

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Here is a "trick" that worked for me. Simply set android:focusable="true" to any of the items inside the preference. This will make the whole preference line not clickable.

answered Oct 01 '14 at 13:13

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 17 '15 at 14:50

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If you want to use the preference to show some text you can also use an uneditable EditTextPreference. The preference will still be selectable but only shows its content when selected.

<EditTextPreference
    android:editable="false"
    ... />

answered Sep 17 '15 at 14:50

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 06 '17 at 15:03

The line you want to hide is called 'divider'. PreferenceActivity extends ListActivity and as you may expect it uses ListView. You can change a divider in a ListView. In your PreferenceActivity:

        ListView lv = getListView();
        lv.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
        lv.setDividerHeight(0);

Is there a way to keep the dividers around a non selectable preference?

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