Android: Start Activity from preferences.xml

Question

I would like to start an Activity from a default preferences.xml, with < intent > tag. The Activities are well tested, the problem is not with that. (I\'m extending Prefe

Answer 1

This solution shows you how to wire in an activity into your preferences headers.

First, your target activity must be declared in the manifest like this:

Notice here that the android:name for the activity and action are the same.

Now in your preferences.xml file you need only to declare a header like this:

And that's all there is to it.