Is the SwitchPreference introduced in ICS compatible in the android-support-v4 library? I'm trying to update some old projects and would like to use SwitchPreferences if possible.
I know I can make a separate resource file to distinguish the API version, but I'd like to avoid that if at all possible.
Is the SwitchPreference introduced in ICS compatible in the android-support-v4 library?
No, sorry.
However, it shouldn't be too tricky to backport it, if someone hasn't already.
Actually, it may be a bit of a pain, since it also requires a backport of Switch, and backporting widgets is sometimes troublesome because they frequently use package-private methods that backports cannot access.
I know I can make a separate resource file to distinguish the API version, but I'd like to avoid that if at all possible.
Well, that would certainly be way simpler than the alternatives:
the aforementioned backport
creating some sort of alias Preference mechanism that allows you to use SwitchPreference on newer devices and CheckBoxPreference on older devices with only one resource file