Change the summary of a ListPreference with the new value (Android)

Question

How can I modify the summary of a ListPreference to the new \"Entry\" string selected by the user (not the entry value)

I suppouse its with setOnPreferenceChangeList

Answer 1

Nauman Zubair is right.

The %s implementation is buggy. The view shows the correct value on first load (if a default list value is set), but the view does not update when selecting a list item. You have to toggle a checkbox or some other preference to update the view.

As a workaround, implement OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener to override the summary for the list preference.

/src/apps/app_settings/SettingsActivity.java

package apps.app_settings;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;

public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        /* set fragment */
        getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(android.R.id.content, new SettingsFragment()).commit();
    }
}

/src/apps/app_settings/SettingsFragment.java

package apps.app_settings;

import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.ListPreference;
import android.preference.Preference;
import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;

public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        /* set preferences */
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
    }

    @Override
    public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) {
        /* get preference */
        Preference preference = findPreference(key);

        /* update summary */
        if (key.equals("list_0")) {
            preference.setSummary(((ListPreference) preference).getEntry());
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        getPreferenceManager().getSharedPreferences().registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        getPreferenceManager().getSharedPreferences().unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
        super.onPause();
    }
}

/res/xml/preferences.xml

/res/values/strings.xml

  list 0
  
    item 0
    item 1
    item 2
  
  
    0
    1
    2
  
  0