OnPreferenceChangeListener for every setting

Question

I know that I can do something like this:

Preference pref = findPreference(getString(R.string.pref_vibrate_on_key));
pref.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new OnPreferenceChangeListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference,
                Object newValue) {
            LogUtil.d("Working!");
            return true;
        }

});

But I would like to add a Listener to every preference. I tried doing:

SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
sp.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(new OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener() {

        @Override
        public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(
                SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) {
            LogUtil.d("working!");

        }

});

but it doesn't work. Is this possible? If so, what am I doing wrong?

[Here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2542938/sharedpreferences-onsharedpreferencechangelistener-not-being-called-consistently) is what you were doing wrong - right ? — Mr_and_Mrs_D, Mar 30 '13 at 14:39

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '11 at 13:25

Assuming you want the same listener called each time, this might be a simpler solution:

Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener changeListener = new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
        // Code goes here            
        return true;
    }
};

EditTextPreference pref = (EditTextPreference)findPreference(getString(R.string.pref1));
pref1.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(changeListener);

EditTextPreference pref2 = (EditTextPreference)findPreference(getString(R.string.pref2));
pref2.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(changeListener);

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '13 at 14:12

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I think that onSharedPrefererenceChanged is fired upon saving the preference (when you click BACK or HOME in PreferenceActivity). I think that the easiest way is to create single class implementing OnPreferenceChangeListener and switch through Preference.getKey(); and set it as OnPreferenceChangeListener for each Preference.

edited Mar 11 '13 at 14:12

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answered Feb 10 '10 at 16:22

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`onSharedPreferenceChanged` wont get called on BACK/HOME. (or even leaving the activity) – Yousha Aleayoub Mar 27 '16 at 15:10
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/settings.html#Listening describes this approach. @YoushaAleayoub are you shure that listener is still registered after launchig PreferenceActivity and that it is registered to same SharedPreferences? – skyman Mar 29 '16 at 13:02

OnPreferenceChangeListener for every setting

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