Creating Custom views in a PreferenceActivity in android...
This article shows how to add custom view in PreferenceActivity in android.
Create main.xml, the only necessary view is a ListView, with id: android:id="@android:id/list".
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:weightSum="1">
<ListView
android:id="@android:id/list"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</ListView>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
Create CustomPreferenceActivity.java
public class CustomPreferenceActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings);
//setup any other views that you have
TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setText("View Added");
}
}