How to open a nested child PreferenceScreen in Android

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I have a PreferenceScreen that is defined in XML that serves all the preferences for my application. This PreferenceScreen also has a child PreferenceScreen nested within it. My implementing class is called PreferencesActivity. I know I can open the main Preferences window via startActivity(new Intent(this, PreferencesActivity.class)); but how do I go about opening the child PreferenceScreen via an Intent?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '13 at 16:28

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i researched a while on this topic for my project Theft Aware (http://www.theftaware.com) (a little bit advertisement... :-) and i found the solution:

PreferenceScreen screen = getPreferenceScreen(); // gets the main preference screen     
screen.onItemClick(null, null, INDEX , 0); // click on the item

where INDEX is the position of the item you want to open on the screen

edited Dec 16 '13 at 16:28

richsage

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answered Jun 30 '10 at 14:26

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Thank you very much!!! I am wondering if this can be adapted to make the positioning of the items agnostic. – Mike Jul 01 '10 at 11:44
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I've implemented the method by Reinhard to solve it more generally, see the link in my answer to my question! – Markus Feb 02 '11 at 11:51

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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see this question for a more general solution based on Reinhard's idea, finally!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Feb 01 '11 at 23:12

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Works, but if you're using PreferenceCategories be sure to read down for the code by deepak patel and use that, otherwise 'getOrder' will not work – Carlos P Mar 18 '15 at 18:11

How to open a nested child PreferenceScreen in Android

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