Android: Start Activity from preferences.xml

Question

I would like to start an Activity from a default preferences.xml, with < intent > tag. The Activities are well tested, the problem is not with that. (I\'m extending Prefe

Answer 1

I solved the same issue by declaring the <intent-filter> in the manifest as follows:

<activity
    android:name="PeriodosActivity"
    android:label="Periodos"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait">

    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="Periodos" /> /*Same as in the preference's <intent> element's action attribute*/
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>

</intent-filter>

Answer 2

<Preference>
<intent
    android:targetPackage="applicationIdFromBuildGradle"
    android:targetClass="targetClassFromJavaFile.YourClassName"/>

Please care use packgename in build.gradle(app)
applicationId "com.some.some"
my package was like this "com.some.love" in manifest and class I got exception while running .This Solved me
reference @style-7

Answer 3

I was having the same issue. and solve by this

androidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="com.example.coding1.myapp">
<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            > 
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
// ==================== HERE ================================
        <activity
            android:name="yaran.AccountWorker.AuthenticatorActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="AuthenticatorActivity" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
// ========================================================
        <service android:name="yaran.AccountWorker.AuthenticatorService" android:exported="false"  android:process=":auth">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator" />
            </intent-filter>
            <meta-data android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator"
                       android:resource="@xml/authenticator" />
        </service>
    </application>

and in Preference:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <PreferenceCategory
        android:title="General Settings" />

    <Preference
        android:key="account_settings"
        android:title="Account Settings"
        android:summary="">
        <intent
            android:action="AuthenticatorActivity"
            android:targetPackage="com.example.coding1.myapp"
            android:targetClass="yaran.AccountWorker.AuthenticatorActivity" />
    </Preference>
</PreferenceScreen>

Answer 4

When I had this problem it was because I had made a sub-package for my activities. When I moved it into the root package the Preference screen could launch it.

Answer 5

Caution! The value of targetPackage should be the package id of the app, as declared in the root element of your AndroidManifest.xml file (which you define in your Gradle build file). It is not necessary the same as the Java package of your Activity class (people usually put them in a subpackage of "ui").

So in your specific case, I bet you the targetPackage should be "my.notifier", not "my.notifier.ui" (I would have to see the manifest to be sure).

Answer 6

I was able to fix this by changing the category in the intent filter from

android.intent.category.DEFAULT

to

android.intent.category.PREFERENCE

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#CATEGORY_PREFERENCE

<activity
  android:name=".ui.DatapackSelectionActivity"
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:screenOrientation="portrait"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.PREFERENCE" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

I guess if you want your action to be even more specific just remove the whole category node

<activity
  android:name=".ui.DatapackSelectionActivity"
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:screenOrientation="portrait"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>