samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LaunchingPreferences.java

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package com.example.android.apis.app;

import com.example.android.apis.R;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams;

/**
 * Demonstrates launching a PreferenceActivity and grabbing a value it saved.
 */
public class LaunchingPreferences extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

    private static final int REQUEST_CODE_PREFERENCES = 1;
    
    private TextView mCounterText;
    
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        /*
         * If this were my app's main activity, I would load the default values
         * so they're set even if the user does not go into the preferences
         * screen. Another good place to call this method would be from a
         * subclass of Application, so your default values would be loaded
         * regardless of entry into your application (for example, a service or
         * activity).
         */  
        PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues(this, R.xml.advanced_preferences, false);
        
        // Simple layout
        LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
        layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
        setContentView(layout);
        
        // Create a simple button that will launch the preferences
        Button launchPreferences = new Button(this);
        launchPreferences.setText(getString(R.string.launch_preference_activity));
        launchPreferences.setOnClickListener(this);
        layout.addView(launchPreferences, new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        
        mCounterText = new TextView(this);
        layout.addView(mCounterText, new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        
        updateCounterText();
    }

    public void onClick(View v) {
        
        // When the button is clicked, launch an activity through this intent
        Intent launchPreferencesIntent = new Intent().setClass(this, AdvancedPreferences.class);
        
        // Make it a subactivity so we know when it returns
        startActivityForResult(launchPreferencesIntent, REQUEST_CODE_PREFERENCES);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        
        // The preferences returned if the request code is what we had given
        // earlier in startSubActivity
        if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE_PREFERENCES) {
            // Read a sample value they have set
            updateCounterText();
        }
    }

    private void updateCounterText() {
        // Since we're in the same package, we can use this context to get
        // the default shared preferences
        SharedPreferences sharedPref = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        final int counter = sharedPref.getInt(AdvancedPreferences.KEY_MY_PREFERENCE, 0);
        mCounterText.setText(getString(R.string.counter_value_is) + " " + counter);
    }
}