EditTextPreference


public class EditTextPreference
extends DialogPreference

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.preference.Preference
     ↳ android.preference.DialogPreference
       ↳ android.preference.EditTextPreference


This class was deprecated in API level 29.
Use the AndroidX Preference Library for consistent behavior across all devices. For more information on using the AndroidX Preference Library see Settings.

A Preference that allows for string input.

It is a subclass of DialogPreference and shows the EditText in a dialog. This EditText can be modified either programmatically via getEditText(), or through XML by setting any EditText attributes on the EditTextPreference.

This preference will store a string into the SharedPreferences.

See EditText Attributes.

Summary

Inherited XML attributes

Inherited constants

Public constructors

EditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes)
EditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr)
EditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
EditTextPreference(Context context)

Public methods

EditText getEditText()

Returns the EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

String getText()

Gets the text from the SharedPreferences.

void setText(String text)

Saves the text to the SharedPreferences.

boolean shouldDisableDependents()

Checks whether this preference's dependents should currently be disabled.

Protected methods

void onAddEditTextToDialogView(View dialogView, EditText editText)

Adds the EditText widget of this preference to the dialog's view.

void onBindDialogView(View view)

Binds views in the content View of the dialog to data.

void onDialogClosed(boolean positiveResult)

Called when the dialog is dismissed and should be used to save data to the SharedPreferences.

Object onGetDefaultValue(TypedArray a, int index)

Called when a Preference is being inflated and the default value attribute needs to be read.

void onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state)

Hook allowing a Preference to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState().

Parcelable onSaveInstanceState()

Hook allowing a Preference to generate a representation of its internal state that can later be used to create a new instance with that same state.

void onSetInitialValue(boolean restoreValue, Object defaultValue)

Implement this to set the initial value of the Preference.

void showDialog(Bundle state)

Shows the dialog associated with this Preference.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 21
public EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr, 
                int defStyleRes)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

defStyleRes int

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
public EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
public EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
public EditTextPreference (Context context)

Parameters
context Context

Public methods

getEditText

Added in API level 1
public EditText getEditText ()

Returns the EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

Returns
EditText The EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

getText

Added in API level 1
public String getText ()

Gets the text from the SharedPreferences.

Returns
String The current preference value.

setText

Added in API level 1
public void setText (String text)

Saves the text to the SharedPreferences.

Parameters
text String: The text to save

shouldDisableDependents

Added in API level 1
public boolean shouldDisableDependents ()

Checks whether this preference's dependents should currently be disabled.

Returns
boolean True if the dependents should be disabled, otherwise false.

Protected methods

onAddEditTextToDialogView

Added in API level 1
protected void onAddEditTextToDialogView (View dialogView, 
                EditText editText)

Adds the EditText widget of this preference to the dialog's view.

Parameters
dialogView View: The dialog view.

editText EditText

onBindDialogView

Added in API level 1
protected void onBindDialogView (View view)

Binds views in the content View of the dialog to data.

Make sure to call through to the superclass implementation.
If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

Parameters
view View: The content View of the dialog, if it is custom.

onDialogClosed

Added in API level 1
protected void onDialogClosed (boolean positiveResult)

Called when the dialog is dismissed and should be used to save data to the SharedPreferences.

Parameters
positiveResult boolean: Whether the positive button was clicked (true), or the negative button was clicked or the dialog was canceled (false).

onGetDefaultValue

Added in API level 1
protected Object onGetDefaultValue (TypedArray a, 
                int index)

Called when a Preference is being inflated and the default value attribute needs to be read. Since different Preference types have different value types, the subclass should get and return the default value which will be its value type.

For example, if the value type is String, the body of the method would proxy to TypedArray#getString(int).

Parameters
a TypedArray: The set of attributes.

index int: The index of the default value attribute.

Returns
Object The default value of this preference type.

onRestoreInstanceState

Added in API level 1
protected void onRestoreInstanceState (Parcelable state)

Hook allowing a Preference to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState(). This function will never be called with a null state.

Parameters
state Parcelable: The saved state that had previously been returned by onSaveInstanceState().

onSaveInstanceState

Added in API level 1
protected Parcelable onSaveInstanceState ()

Hook allowing a Preference to generate a representation of its internal state that can later be used to create a new instance with that same state. This state should only contain information that is not persistent or can be reconstructed later.

Returns
Parcelable A Parcelable object containing the current dynamic state of this Preference, or null if there is nothing interesting to save. The default implementation returns null.

onSetInitialValue

Added in API level 1
protected void onSetInitialValue (boolean restoreValue, 
                Object defaultValue)

Implement this to set the initial value of the Preference.

If restorePersistedValue is true, you should restore the Preference value from the SharedPreferences. If restorePersistedValue is false, you should set the Preference value to defaultValue that is given (and possibly store to SharedPreferences if shouldPersist() is true).

In case of using PreferenceDataStore, the restorePersistedValue is always true. But the default value (if provided) is set.

This may not always be called. One example is if it should not persist but there is no default value given.

Parameters
restoreValue boolean: True to restore the persisted value; false to use the given defaultValue.

defaultValue Object: The default value for this Preference. Only use this if restorePersistedValue is false.

showDialog

Added in API level 1
protected void showDialog (Bundle state)

Shows the dialog associated with this Preference. This is normally initiated automatically on clicking on the preference. Call this method if you need to show the dialog on some other event.

Parameters
state Bundle: Optional instance state to restore on the dialog