The java.util.prefs package provides a way for applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data.
Questions tagged [preferences]
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ListPreference dependency
I have a ListPreference which look something like this:
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Android: application-wide font-size preference
Is it possible to make an application-wide setting for the font-size to be used by all views displaying text?
I would like to provide a Preference to the user which should allow scaling all text in the app.
Android explicitly allows using the "sp"…
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Sublime 3 toggle comment command doesn't work in Windows
I've edited the file Preferences > Key Bindings User, and added this:
[
{ "keys": ["ctrl+/"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+/"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } },…
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How to make Sublime Text 3 opening your last file/folder when started?
I'm on Mac running Yosemite. I use Sublime Text 3.
In my default Settings, I have it like this :
"hot_exit": true,
"remember_open_files": true,
When I close a window and reopen it back, my old open files/folder didn't come back. Quit it, Reopen…
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How import eclipse code style to intellij idea?
I have org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs file, which contains eclipse code style, but I can import to intellij idea only xml files, it there any way import prefs file to intellij idea?
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How to create preference headers groups in Android PreferenceActivity?
I am using preference headers to create settings activity using PreferenceActivity. I am trying to divide the headers into categories/groups, like this one (there are categories Wireless & Networks, Device, Personal, ...):
Anyway, even that Android…
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Android: Using Switch Preference pre API level 14
Pre-API Level 14 there is no switch preference. If I use preferences.xml to create my preference screen is there some way to distinguish between the API levels? So having a check box for old releases and a switch for API 14?
What would be the best…
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How to programatically open Settings/Preferences window in a macOS SwiftUI App
I have created a simple macOS-only SwiftUI app and added a Settings screen as per Apple's instructions:
import SwiftUI
@main
struct MyApp: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
RootView()
}
Settings {
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saving eclipse perspective layout and other things
every time I throw away my .metadata (due to some corruption or something) and start with a new one, first thing I do is:
Import my saved preferences
Load existing projects from disk
BUT there are still some things I must configure manually in…
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How do I get preferences to work in Android?
I've really been struggling through this. New to Java/Android. I'm writing my first app and this is the first thing that has taken me longer than a couple days of searching to figure out. Here's the setup: It's a BAC calculator / drink counter:
A…
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Cocoa button opens a System Preference page
In a OSX Cocoa app, I would like a button that would open the "speech" preference pane. Is that possible? I'm just trying to save them the time to go System Preferences > Speech > Text to Speech
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Programmatically populating preferences with checkboxes
In my setting page I have a preference which fetches a list of toggle-able settings that I wanted to display as individual checkbox preferences.
I know that preferences.xml supports generating lists of preferences (looking at wi-fi settings page)…
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Android: How do I reset/clear application preferences during unit testing?
I want to start with a consistent test environment so I need to reset/clear my preferences. Here's the SetUp for test I have so far. It's not reporting any errors, and my tests pass, but the preferences are not being cleared.
I'm testing the…
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Get preferred screen brightness in Android
How do you get the preferred screen brightness in Android?
To change the screen brightness I use WindowManager.LayoutParams.screenBrightness. According to the documentation:
This can be used to override the
user's preferred brightness of the
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java.util.Prefs throwing BackingStoreException - Why?
I have a system that caches the tiny/simple results of an on-startup SOAP call
I need instances to be able to reload their cache on startup (in case the SOAP service is dead) and ALSO handle the possibility of multiple instances using this cache…
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