Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 29

EditTextPreference


open class EditTextPreference : DialogPreference
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.preference.Preference
   ↳ android.preference.DialogPreference
   ↳ android.preference.EditTextPreference

A Preference that allows for string input.

It is a subclass of DialogPreference and shows the EditText in a dialog. This EditText can be modified either programmatically via getEditText(), or through XML by setting any EditText attributes on the EditTextPreference.

This preference will store a string into the SharedPreferences.

See EditText Attributes.

Summary

Inherited XML attributes
Inherited constants
Public constructors

EditTextPreference(context: Context!, attrs: AttributeSet!, defStyleAttr: Int)

EditTextPreference(context: Context!, attrs: AttributeSet!, defStyleAttr: Int, defStyleRes: Int)

Public methods
open EditText!

Returns the EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

open String!

Gets the text from the SharedPreferences.

open Unit
setText(text: String!)

Saves the text to the SharedPreferences.

open Boolean

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

Protected methods
open Unit
onAddEditTextToDialogView(dialogView: View!, editText: EditText!)

Adds the EditText widget of this preference to the dialog's view.

open Unit

Binds views in the content View of the dialog to data.

open Unit
onDialogClosed(positiveResult: Boolean)

Called when the dialog is dismissed and should be used to save data to the SharedPreferences.

open Any!

Called when a Preference is being inflated and the default value attribute needs to be read.

open Unit

Hook allowing a Preference to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState.

open Parcelable!

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.

open Unit
onSetInitialValue(restoreValue: Boolean, defaultValue: Any!)

Implement this to set the initial value of the Preference.

open Unit
showDialog(state: Bundle!)

Shows the dialog associated with this Preference.

Inherited functions

Public constructors

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
EditTextPreference(context: Context!)

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
EditTextPreference(
    context: Context!,
    attrs: AttributeSet!)

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 1
EditTextPreference(
    context: Context!,
    attrs: AttributeSet!,
    defStyleAttr: Int)

EditTextPreference

Added in API level 21
EditTextPreference(
    context: Context!,
    attrs: AttributeSet!,
    defStyleAttr: Int,
    defStyleRes: Int)

Public methods

getEditText

Added in API level 1
open fun getEditText(): EditText!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Returns the EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

Return
EditText! The EditText widget that will be shown in the dialog.

getText

Added in API level 1
open fun getText(): String!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Gets the text from the SharedPreferences.

Return
String! The current preference value.

setText

Added in API level 1
open fun setText(text: String!): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Saves the text to the SharedPreferences.

Parameters
text String!: The text to save

shouldDisableDependents

Added in API level 1
open fun shouldDisableDependents(): Boolean

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

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

Return
Boolean True if the dependents should be disabled, otherwise false.

Protected methods

onAddEditTextToDialogView

Added in API level 1
protected open fun onAddEditTextToDialogView(
    dialogView: View!,
    editText: EditText!
): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Adds the EditText widget of this preference to the dialog's view.

Parameters
dialogView View!: The dialog view.

onBindDialogView

Added in API level 1
protected open fun onBindDialogView(view: View!): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Binds views in the content View of the dialog to data.

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

Parameters
view View!: The content View of the dialog, if it is custom.

onDialogClosed

Added in API level 1
protected open fun onDialogClosed(positiveResult: Boolean): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Called when the dialog is dismissed and should be used to save data to the SharedPreferences.

Parameters
positiveResult Boolean: Whether the positive button was clicked (true), or the negative button was clicked or the dialog was canceled (false).

onGetDefaultValue

Added in API level 1
protected open fun onGetDefaultValue(
    a: TypedArray!,
    index: Int
): Any!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

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 TypedArray.getString(int).

Parameters
a TypedArray!: The set of attributes.
index Int: The index of the default value attribute.
Return
Any! The default value of this preference type.

onRestoreInstanceState

Added in API level 1
protected open fun onRestoreInstanceState(state: Parcelable!): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

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 API level 1
protected open fun onSaveInstanceState(): Parcelable!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

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.

Return
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 API level 1
protected open fun onSetInitialValue(
    restoreValue: Boolean,
    defaultValue: Any!
): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Implement this to set the initial value of the Preference.

If restorePersistedValue is true, you should restore the Preference value from the android.content.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
restorePersistedValue True to restore the persisted value; false to use the given defaultValue.
defaultValue Any!: The default value for this Preference. Only use this if restorePersistedValue is false.

showDialog

Added in API level 1
protected open fun showDialog(state: Bundle!): Unit

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Shows the dialog associated with this Preference. This is normally initiated automatically on clicking on the preference. Call this method if you need to show the dialog on some other event.

Parameters
state Bundle!: Optional instance state to restore on the dialog