how to call the ok button in the EditTextPreference

Question

I have an EditTextPreference in the PreferenceActivity. When user click the EditTextPreference will show a dialog. In the dialog, us

Answer 1

You can extend EditTextPreference to get control over the click handler.

package myPackage;
public class CustomEditTextPreference extends EditTextPreference {

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

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

    public CustomEditTextPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        if (which == DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE) {
            // add Handler here
        }
        super.onClick(dialog, which);
    }

}

In the Xml instead of reference it like this: