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

PreferenceCategory

public class PreferenceCategory
extends PreferenceGroup

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v7.preference.Preference
     ↳ android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceGroup
       ↳ android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceCategory


Used to group Preference objects and provide a disabled title above the group.

Developer Guides

For information about building a settings UI with Preferences, read the Settings guide.

Summary

Inherited XML attributes

From class android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceGroup
From class android.support.v7.preference.Preference

Inherited constants

From class android.support.v7.preference.Preference

Public constructors

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

Public methods

boolean isEnabled()

Checks whether this Preference should be enabled in the list.

void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat info)

Initializes an AccessibilityNodeInfo with information about the View for this Preference.

boolean shouldDisableDependents()

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

Protected methods

boolean onPrepareAddPreference(Preference preference)

Prepares a Preference to be added to the group.

Inherited methods

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

Public constructors

PreferenceCategory

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

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

defStyleRes int

PreferenceCategory

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

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

PreferenceCategory

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

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

PreferenceCategory

added in version 24.1.0
PreferenceCategory (Context context)

Parameters
context Context

Public methods

isEnabled

added in version 24.1.0
boolean isEnabled ()

Checks whether this Preference should be enabled in the list.

Returns
boolean True if this Preference is enabled, false otherwise.

onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo

added in version 24.1.0
void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo (AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat info)

Initializes an AccessibilityNodeInfo with information about the View for this Preference.

Parameters
info AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat

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

onPrepareAddPreference

added in version 24.1.0
boolean onPrepareAddPreference (Preference preference)

Prepares a Preference to be added to the group.

Parameters
preference Preference: The preference to add.

Returns
boolean Whether to allow adding the preference (true), or not (false).