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Preference in androidX looks diffrent

Why PreferenceScreen in AndroidX not similar to original PreferenceScreen? Even in documentation we can see in the image that the screen is shifted right.

I started new project in AndroiX and the items in PreferenceScreen shifted and I have no dividers.

How to give it the old look without overhead with customization?

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https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/settings.html

Solution

  • That's because the preference automatically give you a space for an icon. You can disable that by disabling the space using app:iconSpaceReserved="false". Something like this:

    <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

  <PreferenceCategory
      android:title="your_title"
      app:iconSpaceReserved="false">

     ...

  </PreferenceCategory>

</PreferenceScreen>