Android Preferences: How to load the default values when the user hasn't used the preferences-screen?

Question

I am using a PreferenceActivity to let the user set some values. I am feeding it the xml file with the defined preferences.

I have set all the android:defaultV

Answer 1

define class extends android.preference.Preference

public class IntegerPreference extends Preference {
    public IntegerPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
    }

    public IntegerPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    public IntegerPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public IntegerPreference(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSetInitialValue(boolean restorePersistedValue, Object defaultValue) {
        super.onSetInitialValue(restorePersistedValue, defaultValue);
        persistInt((Integer) defaultValue);
    }

    @Override
    protected Object onGetDefaultValue(TypedArray a, int index) {
        return a.getInt(index, -1);
    }
}

public class StringSetPreference extends Preference {
    public StringSetPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
    }

    public StringSetPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    public StringSetPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public StringSetPreference(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSetInitialValue(boolean restorePersistedValue, Object defaultValue) {
        super.onSetInitialValue(restorePersistedValue, defaultValue);
        persistStringSet((Set) defaultValue);
    }

    @Override
    protected Object onGetDefaultValue(TypedArray a, int index) {
        return Stream.of(a.getTextArray(index)).map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.toSet());
    }
}

define preference XML resource

then initialize default value and access

    PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues(this, R.xml.preferences, false);

    Map allKeys = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getAll();
    int iii = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getInt("III", -1);
    float fff = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getFloat("FFF", 0);
    Log.d(TAG, "allKeys=" + allKeys + " iii=" + iii + " fff=" + fff);

//Logcat

10-13 06:53:06.986 12594 12594 D MainActivity: allKeys={III=101, BBB=true, SSS=SSS, FFF=1.2, SSET=[XXX, ZZZ, YYY]} iii=101 fff=1.2