Material Preference

A library designed for people who love simplicity. Hate the old preference style? Try this library.

It combines libraries from androidx.preference and net.xpece.android.support.preference. Available from API 17.

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Note

Even though Material Preference is built in Kotlin, but you can use this library in Java with a little setup in your build.gradle. Read section Java compatibility support.

Usage

Basic

android {
    // add these lines
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}
dependencies {
    implementation 'com.anggrayudi:materialpreference:X.Y.Z'
}

Where X.Y.Z is the library version:

Snapshots can be found here. To use SNAPSHOT version, you need to add this URL to the root Gradle:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        // add this line
        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
    }
}

Note: Since v3.5.0, we only distribute this library through OSS Sonatype Maven. Distributing it on Bintray became more difficult because Bintray seem lazy to maintain their Gradle Plugin.

From your preferences.xml:

<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <!-- To make Preferences floating, you must wrap them inside PreferenceCategory -->
    <PreferenceCategory>
        <Preference
            android:key="about"
            android:title="About"
            android:icon="@drawable/..."
            app:tintIcon="?colorAccent"
            app:legacySummary="false"/>
    </PreferenceCategory>
</PreferenceScreen>

From your SettingsFragment:

class SettingsFragment : PreferenceFragmentMaterial() {

    override fun onCreatePreferences(savedInstanceState: Bundle?, rootKey: String?) {
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences)
    }

    companion object {
        fun newInstance(rootKey: String?) = SettingsFragment().apply {
            arguments = Bundle().also {
                it.putString(PreferenceFragmentMaterial.ARG_PREFERENCE_ROOT, rootKey)
            }
        }
    }
}

From your SettingsActivity:

class SettingsActivity : PreferenceActivityMaterial() {

    private var settingsFragment: SettingsFragment? = null

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_settings)
        
        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
            settingsFragment = SettingsFragment.newInstance(null)
            supportFragmentManager.beginTransaction().add(R.id.fragment_container, settingsFragment!!, TAG).commit()
        } else {
            onBackStackChanged()
        }
    }

    override fun onBuildPreferenceFragment(rootKey: String?): PreferenceFragmentMaterial {
        return SettingsFragment.newInstance(rootKey)
    }

    override fun onBackStackChanged() {
        settingsFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(TAG) as SettingsFragment
        title = settingsFragment!!.preferenceFragmentTitle
    }
}

Preference Migration

During app development, you may encounter a condition where you need to modify your current SharedPreferences, such as renaming a preference's key. Material Preference v3.4.0 introduces a new feature called Preference Migration. Define your migration plan by implementing PreferenceMigration interface:

class MyPreferenceMigration : PreferenceMigration {

    override fun migrate(plan: MigrationPlan, currentVersion: Int) {
        // Implement your migration plan here.
        // Read sample code in class App.kt for more information. 
    }

    override fun onMigrationCompleted(preferences: SharedPreferences) {
    }
    
    companion object {
        const val PREFERENCE_VERSION = 3
    }
}

Finally, start the migration:

PreferenceMigration.setupMigration(MyPreferenceMigration(), preferences, PREFERENCE_VERSION)

Preference Key Constants Generator

Material Preference has a capability to auto-generate your preference keys in a constant class. By default, this class is named PrefKey. With this generator, you don't need to rewrite constant field each time you modify preference key from file res/xml/preferences.xml. It improves accuracy in writing constant values.

To enable this feature, simply add the following configuration to your build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt' // Add this line

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.anggrayudi:materialpreference:3.x.x'
    kapt 'com.anggrayudi:materialpreference-compiler:1.8'
}

From your SettingsFragment class:

@PreferenceKeysConfig // Add this annotation
class SettingsFragment : PreferenceFragmentMaterial() {

    override fun onCreatePreferences(savedInstanceState: Bundle?, rootKey: String?) {
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences)
        // You can access the constant values with auto-generated class named PrefKey
        findPreference(PrefKey.ABOUT)?.summary = BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME

        val volume = findPreferenceAs<SeekBarPreference>(PrefKey.NOTIFICATION_VOLUME)
        volume?.summaryFormatter = { "$it%" }
    }
}

Note:

If PrefKey does not update constant fields, click Make Project in Android Studio.
This generator wont work with Android Studio 3.3.0 Stable, 3.4 Beta 3, and 3.5 Canary 3 because of this bug. The fixes are available in the next version of Android Studio.

SharedPreferencesHelper

Since v3.5.0, the annotation processor will generate SharedPreferencesHelper, so you don't need to retrieve SharedPreferences value like this: SharedPreferences.get<DataType>(key, defaultValue). Take advantage of using it with dependency injection such as Dagger 2 and Koin. Personally, I would recommend you to use Koin because of its simplicity.

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        // ...
        val preferencesHelper = SharedPreferencesHelper(this)
        setTitle(preferencesHelper.accountName)
    }
}

From above code, accountName is a generated method based on your configuration on preferences.xml. It takes android:defaultValue if method accountName can't find any value stored in the SharedPreferences. You can customize the method name via app:helperMethodName="yourMethodName". Read our sample code for more information.

Example

From your SettingsFragment.java:

@PreferenceKeysConfig
public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragmentMaterial {

    @Override
    public void onCreatePreferences(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState, @Nullable String rootKey) {
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);

        Preference preferenceAbout = findPreference(PrefKey.ABOUT);
        preferenceAbout.setSummary(BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME);

        SeekBarDialogPreference vibration = (SeekBarDialogPreference) findPreference(PrefKey.VIBRATE_DURATION);

        // summary formatter example
        vibration.setSummaryFormatter(new Function1<Integer, String>() {
            @Override
            public String invoke(Integer duration) {
                return duration + "ms";
            }
        });

        IndicatorPreference indicatorPreference = (IndicatorPreference) findPreference(PrefKey.ACCOUNT_STATUS);

        // click listener example
        indicatorPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new Function1<Preference, Boolean>() {
            @Override
            public Boolean invoke(Preference preference) {
                new MaterialDialog(getContext())
                    .message(null, "Your account has been verified.", false, 1f)
                    .positiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null, null)
                    .show();
                return true;
            }
        });

        // long click listener example
        indicatorPreference.setOnPreferenceLongClickListener(new Function1<Preference, Boolean>() {
            @Override
            public Boolean invoke(Preference preference) {
                Toast.makeText(getContext(), "onLogClick: " + preference.getTitle(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            }
        });
    }
}

From your SettingsActivity.java:

public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivityMaterial {

    private static final String TAG = "Settings";

    private SettingsFragment settingsFragment;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_settings);
        setSupportActionBar(findViewById(R.id.toolbar));
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
            settingsFragment = SettingsFragment.newInstance(null);
            getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.fragment_container, settingsFragment, TAG)
                .commit();
        } else {
            onBackStackChanged();
        }
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    protected PreferenceFragmentMaterial onBuildPreferenceFragment(@Nullable String rootKey) {
        return SettingsFragment.newInstance(rootKey);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBackStackChanged() {
        settingsFragment = (SettingsFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(TAG);
        setTitle(settingsFragment.getPreferenceFragmentTitle());
    }
}

Preferences

Preference
CheckBoxPreference
SwitchPreference
EditTextPreference
ListPreference
IntegerListPreference
MultiSelectListPreference
SeekBarDialogPreference
SeekBarPreference
RingtonePreference
IndicatorPreference
FolderPreference
DatePreference
TimePreference
ColorPreference

RingtonePreference

RingtonePreference will show only system ringtone sounds by default. If you want to include sounds from the external storage your app needs to request android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in its manifest. Don't forget to check this runtime permission before opening ringtone picker on API 23.

License

Copyright 2018-2022 Anggrayudi Hardiannicko A.

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
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