Mark's method is also worth considering. I didn't do it that way because in my experience Menu options are not typically used in a Preference activity, so I wanted my users to be able to easily find it. For what its worth, I put it under a Utilities category at the bottom.
On Apr 16, 9:55 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Peter Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > My app has a "Restore Defaults" function in its Preference Activity. I > > want the user to confirm the selection with a box which says "Are you > > sure," with a OK button and a Cancel button. I built this using a > > ListPreference with two items and while it works it doesn't "look > > right". > > > Is there some easy way to modify an existing Preference class to do > > this? > > This feels to me like it should be an options menu choice, not a > preference. Preferences are settings, not actions. From the options > menu choice, you can display a regular AlertDialog. > > If you disagree, you will need to write your own Preference. Writing a > DialogPreference is not that hard, though I forget whether you can > tailor the button captions, which you might need. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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
