PreferenceFragment

public abstract class PreferenceFragment
extends Fragment

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.app.Fragment
     ↳ android.preference.PreferenceFragment


This class was deprecated in API level 28.
Use the AndroidX Preference Library for consistent behavior across all devices. For more information on using the AndroidX Preference Library see Settings.

Shows a hierarchy of Preference objects as lists. These preferences will automatically save to SharedPreferences as the user interacts with them. To retrieve an instance of SharedPreferences that the preference hierarchy in this fragment will use, call PreferenceManager#getDefaultSharedPreferences(android.content.Context) with a context in the same package as this fragment.

Furthermore, the preferences shown will follow the visual style of system preferences. It is easy to create a hierarchy of preferences (that can be shown on multiple screens) via XML. For these reasons, it is recommended to use this fragment (as a superclass) to deal with preferences in applications.

A PreferenceScreen object should be at the top of the preference hierarchy. Furthermore, subsequent PreferenceScreen in the hierarchy denote a screen break--that is the preferences contained within subsequent PreferenceScreen should be shown on another screen. The preference framework handles showing these other screens from the preference hierarchy.

The preference hierarchy can be formed in multiple ways:

  • From an XML file specifying the hierarchy
  • From different Activities that each specify its own preferences in an XML file via Activity meta-data
  • From an object hierarchy rooted with PreferenceScreen

    To inflate from XML, use the addPreferencesFromResource(int). The root element should be a PreferenceScreen. Subsequent elements can point to actual Preference subclasses. As mentioned above, subsequent PreferenceScreen in the hierarchy will result in the screen break.

    To specify an Intent to query Activities that each have preferences, use addPreferencesFromIntent(Intent). Each Activity can specify meta-data in the manifest (via the key PreferenceManager#METADATA_KEY_PREFERENCES) that points to an XML resource. These XML resources will be inflated into a single preference hierarchy and shown by this fragment.

    To specify an object hierarchy rooted with PreferenceScreen, use setPreferenceScreen(android.preference.PreferenceScreen).

    As a convenience, this fragment implements a click listener for any preference in the current hierarchy, see onPreferenceTreeClick(android.preference.PreferenceScreen, android.preference.Preference).

    Developer Guides

    For information about using PreferenceFragment, read the Settings guide.

    Summary

    Nested classes

    interface PreferenceFragment.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback

    This interface was deprecated in API level 28. Use PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback 

    Inherited XML attributes

    Inherited constants

    Public constructors

    PreferenceFragment()

    Public methods

    void addPreferencesFromIntent(Intent intent)

    Adds preferences from activities that match the given Intent.

    void addPreferencesFromResource(int preferencesResId)

    Inflates the given XML resource and adds the preference hierarchy to the current preference hierarchy.

    Preference findPreference(CharSequence key)

    Finds a Preference based on its key.

    PreferenceManager getPreferenceManager()

    Returns the PreferenceManager used by this fragment.

    PreferenceScreen getPreferenceScreen()

    Gets the root of the preference hierarchy that this fragment is showing.

    void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called when the fragment's activity has been created and this fragment's view hierarchy instantiated.

    void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)

    Receive the result from a previous call to startActivityForResult(android.content.Intent, int).

    void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called to do initial creation of a fragment.

    View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called to have the fragment instantiate its user interface view.

    void onDestroy()

    Called when the fragment is no longer in use.

    void onDestroyView()

    Called when the view previously created by onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) has been detached from the fragment.

    boolean onPreferenceTreeClick(PreferenceScreen preferenceScreen, Preference preference)

    void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState)

    Called to ask the fragment to save its current dynamic state, so it can later be reconstructed in a new instance of its process is restarted.

    void onStart()

    Called when the Fragment is visible to the user.

    void onStop()

    Called when the Fragment is no longer started.

    void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called immediately after onCreateView(android.view.LayoutInflater, android.view.ViewGroup, android.os.Bundle) has returned, but before any saved state has been restored in to the view.

    void setPreferenceScreen(PreferenceScreen preferenceScreen)

    Sets the root of the preference hierarchy that this fragment is showing.

    Inherited methods

    Public constructors

    PreferenceFragment

    public PreferenceFragment ()

    Public methods

    addPreferencesFromIntent

    Added in API level 11
    public void addPreferencesFromIntent (Intent intent)

    Adds preferences from activities that match the given Intent.

    Parameters
    intent Intent: The Intent to query activities.

    addPreferencesFromResource

    Added in API level 11
    public void addPreferencesFromResource (int preferencesResId)

    Inflates the given XML resource and adds the preference hierarchy to the current preference hierarchy.

    Parameters
    preferencesResId int: The XML resource ID to inflate.

    findPreference

    Added in API level 11
    public Preference findPreference (CharSequence key)

    Finds a Preference based on its key.

    Parameters
    key CharSequence: The key of the preference to retrieve.

    Returns
    Preference The Preference with the key, or null.

    getPreferenceManager

    Added in API level 11
    public PreferenceManager getPreferenceManager ()

    Returns the PreferenceManager used by this fragment.

    Returns
    PreferenceManager The PreferenceManager.

    getPreferenceScreen

    Added in API level 11
    public PreferenceScreen getPreferenceScreen ()

    Gets the root of the preference hierarchy that this fragment is showing.

    Returns
    PreferenceScreen The PreferenceScreen that is the root of the preference hierarchy.

    onActivityCreated

    Added in API level 11
    public void onActivityCreated (Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called when the fragment's activity has been created and this fragment's view hierarchy instantiated. It can be used to do final initialization once these pieces are in place, such as retrieving views or restoring state. It is also useful for fragments that use setRetainInstance(boolean) to retain their instance, as this callback tells the fragment when it is fully associated with the new activity instance. This is called after onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) and before onViewStateRestored(android.os.Bundle).
    If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

    Parameters
    savedInstanceState Bundle: This value may be null.

    onActivityResult

    Added in API level 11
    public void onActivityResult (int requestCode, 
                    int resultCode, 
                    Intent data)

    Receive the result from a previous call to startActivityForResult(android.content.Intent, int). This follows the related Activity API as described there in Activity#onActivityResult(int, int, Intent).

    Parameters
    requestCode int: The integer request code originally supplied to startActivityForResult(), allowing you to identify who this result came from.

    resultCode int: The integer result code returned by the child activity through its setResult().

    data Intent: An Intent, which can return result data to the caller (various data can be attached to Intent "extras").

    onCreate

    Added in API level 11
    public void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called to do initial creation of a fragment. This is called after onAttach(android.app.Activity) and before onCreateView(android.view.LayoutInflater, android.view.ViewGroup, android.os.Bundle), but is not called if the fragment instance is retained across Activity re-creation (see setRetainInstance(boolean)).

    Note that this can be called while the fragment's activity is still in the process of being created. As such, you can not rely on things like the activity's content view hierarchy being initialized at this point. If you want to do work once the activity itself is created, see onActivityCreated(android.os.Bundle).

    If your app's targetSdkVersion is Build.VERSION_CODES.M or lower, child fragments being restored from the savedInstanceState are restored after onCreate returns. When targeting Build.VERSION_CODES.N or above and running on an N or newer platform version they are restored by Fragment.onCreate.


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

    Parameters
    savedInstanceState Bundle: This value may be null.

    onCreateView

    Added in API level 11
    public View onCreateView (LayoutInflater inflater, 
                    ViewGroup container, 
                    Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called to have the fragment instantiate its user interface view. This is optional, and non-graphical fragments can return null (which is the default implementation). This will be called between onCreate(android.os.Bundle) and onActivityCreated(android.os.Bundle).

    If you return a View from here, you will later be called in onDestroyView() when the view is being released.

    Parameters
    inflater LayoutInflater: The LayoutInflater object that can be used to inflate any views in the fragment,

    container ViewGroup: This value may be null.

    savedInstanceState Bundle: This value may be null.

    Returns
    View Return the View for the fragment's UI, or null.

    onDestroy

    Added in API level 11
    public void onDestroy ()

    Called when the fragment is no longer in use. This is called after onStop() and before onDetach().
    If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

    onDestroyView

    Added in API level 11
    public void onDestroyView ()

    Called when the view previously created by onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) has been detached from the fragment. The next time the fragment needs to be displayed, a new view will be created. This is called after onStop() and before onDestroy(). It is called regardless of whether onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) returned a non-null view. Internally it is called after the view's state has been saved but before it has been removed from its parent.
    If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

    onPreferenceTreeClick

    Added in API level 11
    public boolean onPreferenceTreeClick (PreferenceScreen preferenceScreen, 
                    Preference preference)

    Parameters
    preferenceScreen PreferenceScreen

    preference Preference

    Returns
    boolean

    onSaveInstanceState

    Added in API level 11
    public void onSaveInstanceState (Bundle outState)

    Called to ask the fragment to save its current dynamic state, so it can later be reconstructed in a new instance of its process is restarted. If a new instance of the fragment later needs to be created, the data you place in the Bundle here will be available in the Bundle given to onCreate(android.os.Bundle), onCreateView(android.view.LayoutInflater, android.view.ViewGroup, android.os.Bundle), and onActivityCreated(android.os.Bundle).

    This corresponds to Activity.onSaveInstanceState(Bundle) and most of the discussion there applies here as well. Note however: this method may be called at any time before onDestroy(). There are many situations where a fragment may be mostly torn down (such as when placed on the back stack with no UI showing), but its state will not be saved until its owning activity actually needs to save its state.

    Parameters
    outState Bundle: Bundle in which to place your saved state.

    onStart

    Added in API level 11
    public void onStart ()

    Called when the Fragment is visible to the user. This is generally tied to Activity.onStart of the containing Activity's lifecycle.
    If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

    onStop

    Added in API level 11
    public void onStop ()

    Called when the Fragment is no longer started. This is generally tied to Activity.onStop of the containing Activity's lifecycle.
    If you override this method you must call through to the superclass implementation.

    onViewCreated

    Added in API level 13
    Deprecated in API level 28
    public void onViewCreated (View view, 
                    Bundle savedInstanceState)

    Called immediately after onCreateView(android.view.LayoutInflater, android.view.ViewGroup, android.os.Bundle) has returned, but before any saved state has been restored in to the view. This gives subclasses a chance to initialize themselves once they know their view hierarchy has been completely created. The fragment's view hierarchy is not however attached to its parent at this point.

    Parameters
    view View: The View returned by onCreateView(android.view.LayoutInflater, android.view.ViewGroup, android.os.Bundle).

    savedInstanceState Bundle: This value may be null.

    setPreferenceScreen

    Added in API level 11
    public void setPreferenceScreen (PreferenceScreen preferenceScreen)

    Sets the root of the preference hierarchy that this fragment is showing.

    Parameters
    preferenceScreen PreferenceScreen: The root PreferenceScreen of the preference hierarchy.