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PreferenceFragment and backstack with getSupportFragmentManager()

I started to change my App to Material design.

I´ve changed my Activity to ActionBarActivity and My Theme to AppCompat, to be able to color ActionBar and use AppCompat Navigation drawer.

I´m switching Fragments in my Activity, which are added to backstack throught 

 getSupportFragmentManager()
 .beginTransaction()
 .replace(...)
 .addToBackStack(null)
 .commit();

I have to use SupportFragmentManager because of AppCompat. Therefore, I have to use android.support.v4.app.Fragment from support library.

Problem:

I´m also using PreferenceFragment, which is not included in support library. And therefore, I can´t add the fragment to backstack.

Error: The method replace(int, Fragment, String) in the Type FragmentTransaction is not applicable for the Arguments (int, SettingsFragment, String)

The solution I'm using right now is this library. I don't want to use it, because I'm targeting API 14.

Is there a way I can use PreferenceFragment with SupportFragmentManager?

Solution

  • No, support FragmentManager accepts only support Fragments and there is no way you can use fragments from android.app package.
    BTW, I suggest you to use this library instead. It has minSdkVersion of 7, but it has recent updates and I think it's more stable than the library you're currently using.