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Questions - preferencescreen

androidx.preference.SwitchPreferenceCompat cannot be cast to androidx.preference.PreferenceGroup

So I'm trying to make an options menu in my android app but when I click on it in the emulator the app crashes and I get the following error: androidx.preference.SwitchPreferenceCompat cannot be cast ...
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luca.04

java

android

xml

android-preferences

preferencescreen

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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androidx.preference.SwitchPreferenceCompat cannot be cast to androidx.preference.PreferenceGroup The snippet setPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences, rootKey) is what raises that as it expects ...
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Zain

Modifying a preference value in a PreferenceScreen by code

I have a PreferenceScreen following the docs here and here. One of the options is a SwitchPreferenceCompat that does some risky work in my app, for example, to send sensitive information periodically....
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Ton

android

androidx

preferencescreen

Votes: 0

Answers: 2

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You can modify it using the isChecked method. Here is an example doing that with a popup dialog like you described. This uses the onPreferenceChangeListener, and if the option is being disabled it sho...
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Tyler V

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