Questions tagged [android-preferences]

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android preference getString returning null value

I have an android preference screen with list preference of language selection as
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Android Editable ListView (preference / dialog)

I need a editable list view with strings where items can be renamed added and removed. That should be - if possible in a preference view / dialog. What is the best way to implement that? Are there libs? - I didn't find any. My current solution is a…
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How to hide the keyboard and update EditTextPreference programmatically?

I am trying to implement the settings activity according to the guidelines. I have an EditTextPreference that I want to keep, but instead of allowing the user to type in any value, the value should come through Bluetooth (i have the Bluetooth part…
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EditTextPreferences selectAllOnFocus not honored

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How to get a Preference to display custom items

In my preferences.xml file I can display texts, checkboxes, and lists, but what if I want to display something that doesn't have a built-in category, like a Calendar or Time object?
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How to save preferences composed of 2 strings and display them?

I am currently creating an android application. This application should allow users to enter a RSS feed URL and save it as a preference. I know how to save basic preferences (Strings, booleans...) using a key/value attributes. My problem here is I…
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Android Preference persistString method is getting java.lang.ClassCastException error

I'm trying to do TimePickerPreferences and I tried accepted answer and second answer in the question. And I got following error when I call persistString(time) function at onDialogClosed FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.foo.example, PID: 29414 …
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How to remove Preference underlining

I am developing some app and I need to remove lines between Preferences, as shown on screenshot. Could you please help me to do that? NOTE: I'm not going to change System Setting. This is just an example. The idea is to remove lines between…
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Set an adapter to a v7.ListPreferences

I migrated to android.support.v7.preference and I have some problems with the ListPreference item. I had that code : public class CurrencyListPreferences extends ListPreference { private List mCurrencyList; private Context…
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Setting Ringtone from android preferences is not working

I am having an reminder application that will allow the user to set the required ringtone for notification from settings option which I implemnted using android preferences. The ringtone dialog is displayed with the list and the ringtone I select is…
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How to save application's preferences on server and load them

I need to load preferences from server and changes must be stored on same server. what I understood from this link is that if I use PreferenceActivity class it stores the preferences automatically in SharedPreferences. What I need, to fetch…
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onActivityResult() is called to early for Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION

I want to request the Overlay permission for my app to draw on top of other apps. For this I use ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION, Uri.parse("package:" +…
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Disable the line limit wrap when Code Format is selected

Recently I set my line length limit to 100 or 120 and I also enabled an option that will wrap the code that exceeded those limits to the next line, whenever I clicked Code Format. Now I want to disable that wrap and do it manually, but I don't know…
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PreferenceManager cannot load default value of custom preference

I used code sample for TimePreference from link. Related to my question methods: @Override protected Object onGetDefaultValue(TypedArray a, int index) { Log.v(TAG, "a.getString(index): " + a.getString(index)); Log.v(TAG, "hasKey(): " +…
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How to use custom CheckBox in PreferenceScreen on Android

I want use PreferenceScreen in my application for set some of settings. I've customized this page, and set layout for any preferences. all of preferences is OK, but CheckBoxPreferences, and when I click on it does not show any reaction, this is ture…
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