A simple Android Preferences demo from Beginning Android

This is the source code for a simple Android Preferences demo from the third version of the book Beginning Android:

/* Copyright (c) 2008-2009 -- CommonsWare, LLC

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
   
package com.commonsware.android.prefs;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SimplePrefsDemo extends Activity {
  private static final int EDIT_ID = Menu.FIRST+2;
  private static final int CLOSE_ID = Menu.FIRST+4;
  
  private TextView checkbox=null;
  private TextView ringtone=null;
  
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    checkbox=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
    ringtone=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.ringtone);
  }
  
  @Override
  public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    SharedPreferences prefs=PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
    checkbox.setText(new Boolean(prefs.getBoolean("checkbox", false)).toString());
    ringtone.setText(prefs.getString("ringtone", "<unset>"));
  }
  
  @Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    menu.add(Menu.NONE, EDIT_ID, Menu.NONE, "Edit Prefs")
        .setIcon(R.drawable.misc)
        .setAlphabeticShortcut('e');
    menu.add(Menu.NONE, CLOSE_ID, Menu.NONE, "Close")
        .setIcon(R.drawable.eject)
        .setAlphabeticShortcut('c');
    return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
      case EDIT_ID:
        startActivity(new Intent(this, EditPreferences.class));
        return(true);        
      case CLOSE_ID:
        finish();
        return(true);
    }

    return(super.onOptionsItemSelected(item));
  }
}

This code is related to the following instance of an Android PreferenceActivity class:

/* Copyright (c) 2008-2009 -- CommonsWare, LLC

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
   
package com.commonsware.android.prefs;

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

public class EditPreferences extends PreferenceActivity {
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
  }
}

For more information, please see the Beginning Android books on Amazon.