Preference Screen without XML

Question

I want to use preferences, but I don't want to use it in xml. I used this to find my xml:

this.addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings);

And this is my .xml:

<PreferenceCategory android:title="name">
        <ListPreference android:key="name" android:title="Find name" android:summary="Select your name"
        android:defaultValue="2" android:entries="@array/name" android:entryValues="@array/nameValues"/>
</PreferenceCategory>

This works! But how can I do declare the preferences in my activity .java without the xml file? Maybe someone can give me a short sample code for my short code.

Thanks.

Answer 1

you just could do

private SharedPreferences preferences;
     preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
     Boolean mypref = preferences.getBoolean("mypref_whatever", true);   

If you need to write a preference you just use an editor

    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
    editor.putBoolean("mypref_whatever", false);
    editor.commit();

This way you don't need an xml at all. Is that what you are looking for?

A.

Answer 2

I have explained how to do this here this is done by creating a PreferenceScreen programmatically and binding a ListPreference to it, which then will be added to the current PreferenceFragment or Preference activity