I just came across the same issue and can confirm the same behaviour:
*android:defaultValue* of a custom DialogPreference is *not* set
with PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues() method.
Seems like a bug?
I'm using now the solution that you proposed...
On Thursday, 13 October 2011 23:11:27 UTC+2, tlegras wrote:
>
> Okay, I give up.
> My preference default value will be copied in the preference access code
> as well:
>
> value = sharedPref.getInt(mykey,myDirtyHardcodedDefaultValue );
>
>
> If ever someone has a better solution, it will be welcome :)
>
> Thierry.
>
>
> 2011/10/11 Thierry Legras <tleg...@gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Ibendlin,
>>
>> Thanks for helping me :)
>>
>> I don't think the problem is in SeekBarPreference.onSetInitialValue()
>> function itself as it is never called (I have put a log in it to check).
>> There is certainly an issue somewhere in my implementation; when
>> setDefaultValues is called, only SeekBarPreference constructor is called.
>>
>> I was suspecting the xml, but I don't see any problem in it
>> (android:defaultValue is set and android:persistent as well):
>>
>> <com.tlegras.tools.SeekBarPreference
>> android:key="preferences_epg_daytostore"
>> android:title="@string/preferences_epg_daytostore_title"
>> android:summary="@string/preferences_epg_daytostore_summary"
>> android:dialogMessage="Nombre de journées à télécharger.
>> Attention, plus ce nombre est élevé, plus le chargement sera long et
>> moins l'application sera réactive."
>> android:text=" jour(s)"
>> android:defaultValue="4"
>> android:max="5"
>> android:persistent="true"
>> />
>>
>>
>> 2011/10/11 lbendlin <l...@bendlin.us>
>>
>>> it took me a few weeks to get that right. here's my example for a
>>> boolean value. And yes, .setDefaultValues is actually working, despite what
>>> you may think :-/
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> protected void onSetInitialValue(boolean restoreValue, Object
>>> defaultValue) {
>>> boolean temp = restoreValue ? getPersistedBoolean(false) :
>>> defaultValue.toString().equals("true") ? true : false;
>>> if (!restoreValue)
>>> persistBoolean(temp);
>>> this.oldValue = temp;
>>> }
>>>
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>>
>>
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