Questions tagged [edittextpreference]

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How to get EditTextPreference reference in main activity android

How can I get a reference to my EditTextPreference in my main activity? I have tried this: EditTextPreference mEditTextPref =(EditTextPreference) findPreference(incrementby); but its giving me this error; incrementby cannot be resolved to a…
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Custom layout for Dialog and EditTextPreference

i want to style dialogs in my app to have something like this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a3BAe.png And i'd want this style also for edittextpreference in preferencescreen and all dialogs in my app. I search a long but find no solution. Hope anyone…
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Error Cannot be cast string to integer

I can't change the EditTextPreference value from string to int. I've done in this way: WifiOnOffValue = (EditTextPreference) findPreference("WifiOnOffValue"); String value = WifiOnOffValue.getText().toString(); if(value != null && !value.isEmpty())…
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Store/Save & Retrieve to/from SharedPreference Failure

I've been having so much problem with this Live Wallpaper. I have read alot online about these, and I thought I understood and got them. When I tried to apply them to this live wallpaper, everything has been going very rough. I've spent all day and…
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EditTextPreferences Validation

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this code. For some reason the OnSharedPreferencesChanged is not being called when changing the value. I am trying to check if the PIN entered is equal to 2 digits or no. But for it just doesnt work.. can anyone…
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How to get updated text value from EditTextPreference - it gets old value

I am trying to setup a new password using EditTextPreference. In this Android 4.0.3, clicking the EditTextPreference opens a dialog window where user can enter text. However, on pressing ok, it still shows the old text value and not the newly…
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Security feature: EditTextPreference no bigger then 100?

Is it possible in Android to limit what is the maximum and minimum number that user can input in EditTextPreference?
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custom EditTextPreference: can't get TextView by id

I have created a custom EditTextPreference:
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how to create underline in the PreferenceCategory for separating EditTextPreference

i need the Underline after every EditTextPreference UI for the separating it . Code enter image description here enter image description here adding Image for better understanding enter image description here i have create layout .xml style and to …
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How can i receive a report error message when report error button is clicked

enter image description hereGood day everyone, please i am developing an Android application in android studio. The problem here is how can i receive report error message problems whenever my android app user wants to make a complain…
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Why is my positive and negative button text in EditTextPreference not showing up?

So I have a preference screen that has an edittextpreference. I've also set the text of the positive button and negative button of it in the XML file as follows:
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How to accept more than one value from Android Text Preference?

Below is the code i used to accept username and password from text preference. Problem is i have to accept first username save it and then password. Is there any easier way to aceept both username and password at the same time on one click . may be…
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Add a neutral button to androidx EditTextPrefence / DialogPreference

I have been using my own preference class derived from EditTextPreference to include a neutral button (so that the user can select a default value). I did this by overriding onPrepareDialogBuilder (from searching stackoverflow of course. ) override…
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How to make a normal lines numbering in EditText?

I am making a text editor for Android and I would like to show the number of every line in theEditText. My solution was to make a TextView with lines numbers and place an EditText next to TextView. Like this