Android Checkbox preference

Question

I cannot find any tutorials on checkbox preference. I can use a listpreference, but I can\'t use checkbox preference. For now, I want that if user sets on the checbox, a toa

Answer 1

You can cast the value of the checkbox into a boolean. This might be safer and more extensible than checking the toString() value.

final CheckBoxPreference checkboxPref = (CheckBoxPreference) getPreferenceManager().findPreference("checkboxPref");

checkboxPref.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {            
    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
        if(newValue instanceof Boolean){
            Boolean boolVal = (Boolean)newValue;
        }
        return true;
    }
});