Android - Using PreferenceScreen to display and save settings to/from ContentProvider?

Lookup the available methods in the Documentation You can subscribe to onDialogClosed to get the OK or Cancel click event Also look into getEditText method that will return the edittext of the Dialog, and you can set the value there. Or even look into setText you maybe can set the value with it. This later untested by me EDIT 1 Sorry, you can't subscribe.

You have to subclass the EditTextPreference and override the method. A complex example is here but you don't need all the stuff You are interested in this: Override //When the dialog is closed, perform the relevant actions protected void onDialogClosed(boolean positiveResult) { if (positiveResult) { String text=getEditText().getText().toString(); } else { // cancel hit } } EDIT 2 You have to drop etl = new EditTextListener(this) You have to implement your new class EditTextPreference editTextPref = new EditTextListener(this) so the code will become Edit text preference EditTextPreference editTextPref = new EditTextListener(this); editTextPref. SetDialogTitle(R.string.

Dialog_title_edittext_preference); editTextPref. SetKey("edittext_preference"); editTextPref. SetTitle(R.string.

Title_edittext_preference); editTextPref. SetSummary(name); dialogBasedPrefCat. AddPreference(editTextPref).

Lookup the available methods in the Documentation. You can subscribe to onDialogClosed to get the OK or Cancel click event. Also look into getEditText method that will return the edittext of the Dialog, and you can set the value there.

Or even look into setText, you maybe can set the value with it. This later untested by me. EDIT 1 Sorry, you can't subscribe.

You have to subclass the EditTextPreference and override the method. A complex example is here but you don't need all the stuff You are interested in this: @Override //When the dialog is closed, perform the relevant actions protected void onDialogClosed(boolean positiveResult) { if (positiveResult) { String text=getEditText().getText().toString(); } else { // cancel hit } } EDIT 2 You have to drop etl = new EditTextListener(this); You have to implement your new class EditTextPreference editTextPref = new EditTextListener(this); so the code will become // Edit text preference EditTextPreference editTextPref = new EditTextListener(this); editTextPref. SetDialogTitle(R.string.

Dialog_title_edittext_preference); editTextPref. SetKey("edittext_preference"); editTextPref. SetTitle(R.string.

Title_edittext_preference); editTextPref. SetSummary(name); dialogBasedPrefCat. AddPreference(editTextPref).

– Donal Rafferty Mar 24 '10 at 14:07 Thanks for that, I'm nearly there I think, I have revised my code in my question to show you what I have now my class extends PreferenceActivity So I had to create a sub class called EditTextListener and have it extend EditTextPreference and implement the onDialogClosed method. I then create a new EditTextListener (etl) and pass it the activity as a context. But it still doesn't work, Am I doing it wrong?

– Donal Rafferty Mar 24 '10 at 15:31 1 As I see from here, you need just a small change. See my 2nd edit. – Pentium10 Mar 24 '10 at 19:15.

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