added in version 24.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:preference-v7:28.0.0-alpha1

EditTextPreference

public class EditTextPreference
extends DialogPreference

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v7.preference.Preference
     ↳ android.support.v7.preference.DialogPreference
       ↳ android.support.v7.preference.EditTextPreference


A Preference that allows for string input.

It is a subclass of DialogPreference and shows the EditText in a dialog.

This preference will store a string into the SharedPreferences.

Summary

Inherited XML attributes

From class android.support.v7.preference.Preference

Inherited constants

From class android.support.v7.preference.Preference

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

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

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.

Inherited methods

From class android.support.v7.preference.DialogPreference
From class android.support.v7.preference.Preference
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.lang.Comparable

Public constructors

EditTextPreference

added in version 24.1.0
EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr, 
                int defStyleRes)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

defStyleRes int

EditTextPreference

added in version 24.1.0
EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

EditTextPreference

added in version 24.1.0
EditTextPreference (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

EditTextPreference

added in version 24.1.0
EditTextPreference (Context context)

Parameters
context Context

Public methods

getText

added in version 24.1.0
String getText ()

Gets the text from the SharedPreferences.

Returns
String The current preference value.

setText

added in version 24.1.0
void setText (String text)

Saves the text to the SharedPreferences.

Parameters
text String: The text to save

shouldDisableDependents

added in version 24.1.0
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

onGetDefaultValue

added in version 24.1.0
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 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 version 24.1.0
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 version 24.1.0
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 version 24.1.0
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.