Ignoring, for the nonce, the available controls (and "convention"), I could conceive of having a "?" or some such in the upper (or lower) corner of the screen. Pressing that would highlight it, and then pressing one of the preference options would display the appropriate help text. (This is similar to what Windows had several generations ago and then abandoned for some reason.)
On Oct 6, 7:23 am, mort <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of my app's preferences could use some more explanation than the > scarce space available for the summary. Sadly, there doesn't seem to > be support from the system, like an optional help button that shows a > longer text. > How do you solve this problem? The first thing that comes to mind is > an addional custom "preference" like "more information to above entry" > that opens an AlertDialog with the help text, but that's not really > nice for both user (two entries for the same preference) and the > developer (manual work to do in the PreferenceActivity). A bit nicer > for the user, but way more work for the developer would be custom > dialogs for each preference with more text and/or a help button. > Is there a better solution or even an officially recommended best > practice? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
