Android: Using Switch Preference pre API level 14

Question

Pre-API Level 14 there is no switch preference. If I use preferences.xml to create my preference screen is there some way to distinguish between the API levels? So having a

Answer 1

There is a workaround which i'm not sure how full it is, by wrapping which view to use in the CheckBoxPreference (might miss some functions, but in general use, it works) .

The workaround will use the CheckBoxPreference for pre-API-14 and the SwitchPreference for API 14 and above.

Here's the code:

public class SwitchPreference extends CheckBoxPreference
  {
  android.preference.SwitchPreference _switchPreference =null;

  public SwitchPreference(final Context context)
    {
    super(context);
    if(VERSION.SDK_INT>=VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
      _switchPreference=new android.preference.SwitchPreference(context);
    }

  public SwitchPreference(final Context context,final AttributeSet attrs)
    {
    super(context,attrs);
    if(VERSION.SDK_INT>=VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
      _switchPreference=new android.preference.SwitchPreference(context,attrs);
    }

  public SwitchPreference(final Context context,final AttributeSet attrs,final int defStyle)
    {
    super(context,attrs,defStyle);
    if(VERSION.SDK_INT>=VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
      _switchPreference=new android.preference.SwitchPreference(context,attrs,defStyle);
    }

  @Override
  protected View onCreateView(final ViewGroup parent)
    {
    final View view;
    if(VERSION.SDK_INT>=VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
      {
      view=_switchPreference.getView(null,parent);
      // set as checked the view and the view's children, each in case it extend from Checkable
      ViewUtil.setChecked(view,isChecked());
      // set as non-clickable the view and the view's children
      ViewUtil.setClickable(view,false);
      }
    else view=super.onCreateView(parent);
    return view;
    }