How to get Boolean value from Object

Question

I tried different ways to fix this, but I am not able to fix it. I am trying to get the Boolean value of an Object passed inside this method of a checkBox:<

Answer 1

If you know that your Preference is a CheckBoxPreference, then you can call isChecked(). It returns a boolean, not a Boolean, but that's probably close enough.

Here is some code from the APIDemos Device Administration sample (DeviceAdminSample.java).

private CheckBoxPreference mDisableCameraCheckbox;

public void onResume() {
    ...
    mDPM.setCameraDisabled(mDeviceAdminSample, mDisableCameraCheckbox.isChecked());
    ...
}

public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
...
    boolean value = (Boolean) newValue;
...
    else if (preference == mDisableCameraCheckbox) {
        mDPM.setCameraDisabled(mDeviceAdminSample, value);
        reloadSummaries();
    }
    return true;
}