The preferences portion of an application should be ran as a separate Android.App.Activity that extends the Android.Preferences.PreferenceActivity class. In the PreferenceActivity, a Android.Preferences.PreferenceScreen object should be the root element of the layout. The PreferenceScreen contains Android.Preferences.Preference elements such as a Android.Preferences.CheckBoxPreference, Android.Preferences.EditTextPreference, Android.Preferences.ListPreference, Android.Preferences.PreferenceCategory, or Android.Preferences.RingtonePreference.
All settings made for a given Android.Preferences.Preference will be automatically saved to the application's instance of Android.Content.ISharedPreferences. Access to the SharedPreferences is simple with Android.Preferences.Preference.SharedPreferences.
Note that saved preferences are accessible only to the application that created them.
| Type | Reason |
|---|---|
| CheckBoxPreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that provides checkbox widget functionality. |
| DialogPreference | A base class for Android.Preferences.Preference objects that are dialog-based. |
| EditTextPreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that allows for string input. |
| ListPreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that displays a list of entries as a dialog. |
| MultiSelectListPreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that displays a list of entries as a dialog. |
| Preference | Represents the basic Preference UI building block displayed by a Android.Preferences.PreferenceActivity in the form of a Android.Widget.ListView. |
| Preference+BaseSavedState | A base class for managing the instance state of a Android.Preferences.Preference. |
| Preference+IOnPreferenceChangeListener | Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when the value of this Android.Preferences.Preference has been changed by the user and is about to be set and/or persisted. |
| Preference+IOnPreferenceClickListener | Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when a Android.Preferences.Preference is clicked. |
| Preference+PreferenceChangeEventArgs | Provides data for the Android.Preferences.Preference.PreferenceChange event. |
| Preference+PreferenceClickEventArgs | Provides data for the Android.Preferences.Preference.PreferenceClick event. |
| PreferenceActivity | This is the base class for an activity to show a hierarchy of preferences to the user. |
| PreferenceActivity+Header | Description of a single Header item that the user can select. |
| PreferenceActivity+Header+InterfaceConsts | Documentation for this section has not yet been entered. |
| PreferenceCategory | Used to group Android.Preferences.Preference objects and provide a disabled title above the group. |
| PreferenceFragment | Shows a hierarchy of Android.Preferences.Preference objects as lists. |
| PreferenceFragment+IOnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback | Interface that PreferenceFragment's containing activity should implement to be able to process preference items that wish to switch to a new fragment. |
| PreferenceGroup | A container for multiple Android.Preferences.Preference objects. |
| PreferenceManager | Used to help create Android.Preferences.Preference hierarchies from activities or XML. |
| PreferenceManager+ActivityResultEventArgs | Documentation for this section has not yet been entered. |
| PreferenceManager+IOnActivityDestroyListener | Interface definition for a class that will be called when the container's activity is destroyed. |
| PreferenceManager+IOnActivityResultListener | Interface definition for a class that will be called when the container's activity receives an activity result. |
| PreferenceManager+IOnActivityStopListener | Interface definition for a class that will be called when the container's activity is stopped. |
| PreferenceScreen | Represents a top-level Android.Preferences.Preference that is the root of a Preference hierarchy. |
| RingtonePreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that allows the user to choose a ringtone from those on the device. |
| SwitchPreference | A Android.Preferences.Preference that provides a two-state toggleable option. |
| TwoStatePreference | Common base class for preferences that have two selectable states, persist a boolean value in SharedPreferences, and may have dependent preferences that are enabled/disabled based on the current state. |