Getting value from edittext preference in preference screen

Question

I'm new to android development. I just heard about preference screen in android. So I just made one. This is just to enter name in a dialog.

<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
   <EditTextPreference 
   android:title="Name"
   android:summary="To enter name click on Name"
   android:dialogTitle="Name Dialog"
   android:dialogMessage="Enter Your Name"
   android:key="name"/>

This is my created preference screen. I just need to know how can I access the entered name 'tony' in my mainactivity. I don't know the way to access the name from the dialog. Do I need to add any seperate activity for accessing the name in the name dialog. Can someone please explain it to me.

Answer 1

Try this:

PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getString("name", null);

Where this is a Context like an Activity. name is the key defined in your xml file.