Android Default Preference xml file format?

Use android:defaultValue like so: CheckBoxPreference android:key="my_pref" android:defaultValue="true" android:title="@string/pref_title_my_pref" android:summary="@string/pref_summary_my_pref.

The problem with this is that if I don't go to the settings page first, my preferences won't be set to default. The android documentation says that if you need to set default preferences, use PreferenceManager. SetDefaultValues in the onCreate of your main Activity.

The problem is I don't know how the xml file for that function should be structured.... – Jessy Diamond Exum Aug 24 at 21:04 If your preferences are stored in e.g. Res/xml/settings. Xml then all you have to do is call setDefaultValues with R.xml. Settings from the main activity's onCreate method.

– devconsole Aug 25 at 10:16 You might also want to specify true for the readAgain parameter because otherwise the default values are only set once and you do not get the default values for newly introduced preferences keys. The implementation remembers that it has already set the defaults in a private settings key. – devconsole Aug 25 at 10:18 Thanks for the replies.

I have read all the documentation, but the issue I am having is I don't know how to make the xml file to provide. I know how to create the file, but the actual xml that goes in there escapes me. I tried the standard android values format (tage of resources and string, etc) but android doesn't like it.

All I need is a sample of what could go into R.xml. Settings and I will be super happy. Thanks ahead of time.

– Jessy Diamond Exum Aug 27 at 4:29 Here is an example: developer.android. Com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/res/xml/… – devconsole Aug 29 at 11:13.

What is the syntax of the XML file for the default settings. I simply want to set two preferences to true. For this just set default value to true Whatever default values you have provided in preference xml file, that will be set.

I could check at the beginning of my main activity if these settings are assigned, and if not, set them to the default values, but android provides PreferenceManager. SetDefaultValues to make this more maintainable and less of a massive pain for larger number of settings. When I open skype for the first time on android, it has all the settings preset, and I have to assume that this is done with PreferenceManager.

SetDefaultValues, not 200 lines of checking if the prefs were set before. – Jessy Diamond Exum Aug 24 at 21:08 That's why this method is available :) – Sandy Aug 25 at 4:53.

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