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how to save the get the changes in listpreference?


I want to let the user choose the font size on my app. how can I react to his selections? how can I get the value from his selection? thanks I have this code of the preferences:

<string-array name="aaa_entries">
    <item >0</item>
    <item >1</item>
    <item >2</item>
    <item >3</item>
</string-array>

<string-array name="aaa_values">
    <item >Very small text</item>
    <item >Small text</item>
    <item >Normal text</item>
    <item >Large text</item>
</string-array>

Code:

@Override
public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) {
    if (key.equals("pref_sync")) {
        String selectedFont=sharedPreferences.getString("pref_sync",null);
        if("Very small text".equalsIgnoreCase(selectedFont)) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"asdasdasdasd",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

Solution

  • Add a listener to the ListPreference, and when user select an item from the ListPreference , onPreferenceChange will be called with the new value selected.

    Preference listPreference = getPreferenceManager().findPreference("your_key");
    
    listPreference.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
                    String userSelectedValue = (String) newValue;
                    Toast.makeText(getActivity(), “user picked a font”, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    return true;
                }
            });