SwitchPreference Listener with Custom Layout

Question

I\'m trying to use a SwitchPreference in my Settings page, but i can\'t get the listener to work. I am using a custom widget layout in order to style the switch, as I cannot

Answer 1

The id of SwitchView should be @android:id/switch_widget instead of @+id/custom_switch_item or any other custom id.

In the source of SwitchPreference class, we can find the code:

View switchView = view.findViewById(AndroidResources.ANDROID_R_SWITCH_WIDGET);

and in AndroidResources:

static final int ANDROID_R_SWITCH_WIDGET = android.R.id.switch_widget;

so only id = @android:id/switch_widget can be found correctly.

Here's a demo about SwitchPreference's widgetLayout: