How retrieve selected from preferenceActivity - preferenceactivity

Question

(Android 2.2)
I'm trying to retrieve a value set in a PreferenceActivity. Although the value is correctly stored/recalled by the activity itself, I cannot figure out how to retrieve the set value by myself (to show it in a textView for instance). This code doesn't give an error however the value 0 is shown in textView1 in Spel.java instead of the actual / current value in PrefsManager prefs (in NumberPickerPreferenceActivity).
How to make the correct value show in textView1 there?
Also: onSharedPreferenceChanged (in NumberPickerPreferenceActivity) doesn't show a toast messsage (nothing pops up, nothing is logged). What is wrong, how to solve?
Here's class NumberPickerPreferenceActivity:
package mypackage.tabnavui;
import mypackage.R;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class NumberPickerPreferenceActivity extends PreferenceActivity implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener {
private static final String TAG = NumberPickerPreferenceActivity.class.getSimpleName();
private SharedPreferences prefs;
public static int aantalBanen;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
PreferenceManager preferenceManager = getPreferenceManager();
preferenceManager.setSharedPreferencesMode(MODE_PRIVATE);
preferenceManager.setSharedPreferencesName("numberPicker.preferences");
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
}
public int prefsAantalBanen() {
prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
return prefs.getInt( "AANTAL_BANEN", 0 );
}
public int getAantalBanen() {
aantalBanen = prefsAantalBanen();
return aantalBanen;
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
prefs.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
prefs.unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences,
String key) {
int selectedNumber = prefsAantalBanen();
Log.d(TAG, "Number selected: " + selectedNumber);
Toast t = Toast.makeText(this, "Number selected: " + selectedNumber, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
t.show();
}
}
Here's Spel.java where I want to show the value as selected / stored in the ReferenceActivity, see method toonClickHandler:
package mypackage.tabnavui;
import mypackage.tabnavui.R;
import mypackage.Controls2.MyGestureDetector;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.AbsListView;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Spel extends Activity implements NumberPickerDialog.OnNumberSetListener {
private static final String TAG = Spel.class.getSimpleName();
private GestureDetector gestureDetector;
private TextView textView1;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(new MyGestureDetector());
// Use a custom layout file
setContentView(R.layout.spel);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_sample_picker, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item.getItemId() == R.id.menu_dialog_item) {
NumberPickerDialog dialog = new NumberPickerDialog(this, -1, 2);
dialog.setTitle(getString(R.string.dialog_picker_title));
dialog.setOnNumberSetListener(this);
dialog.show();
return true;
} else if (item.getItemId() == R.id.menu_preferences_item) {
startActivity(new Intent(this, NumberPickerPreferenceActivity.class));
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void toonClickHandler(View v) {
textView1 = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
int aantalBanen = NumberPickerPreferenceActivity.aantalBanen;
textView1.setText(String.valueOf(aantalBanen));
}
public void onNumberSet(int number) {
Log.d(TAG, "Number selected: " + number);
Toast t = Toast.makeText(this, "Number selected: " + number, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
t.show();
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in_left, R.anim.slide_out_right);
}
class MyGestureDetector extends SimpleOnGestureListener {
private static final int SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH = 200;
private static final int SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE = 50;
private static final int SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY = 200;
#Override
public boolean onDown (MotionEvent e) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
if (Math.abs(e1.getY() - e2.getY()) > SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH)
return false;
// left to right swipe and right to left swipe
if (e1.getX() - e2.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
&& Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
// left swipe
Toast t = Toast.makeText(Spel.this, "Left swipe", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
t.show();
// startActivity(Tabs3.tab3);
startActivityForResult(Tabs3.tab3, 500);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in_right, R.anim.slide_out_left);
return true;
} else if (e2.getX() - e1.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
&& Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
// right swipe
Toast t = Toast.makeText(Spel.this, "Right swipe", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
t.show();
// startActivity(Tabs3.tab1);
startActivityForResult(Tabs3.tab1, 500);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in_left, R.anim.slide_out_right);
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
}
and preferences.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:picker="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/mypackage.tabnavui"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<nl.computerhuys.tabnavui.NumberPickerPreference
android:key="AANTAL_BANEN"
android:title="Aantal banen"
android:summary="Number picker as a preference"
picker:defaultValue="2"
picker:startRange="0"
picker:endRange="12" />
</PreferenceScreen>

Answer 1

Found it here: How do I get the SharedPreferences from a PreferenceActivity in Android?
in NumberPickerReferenceActivity: replace
preferenceManager.setSharedPreferencesMode(MODE_PRIVATE);
by
preferenceManager.setSharedPreferencesMode(MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
and replace
prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
by
prefs = getSharedPreferences("numberPicker.preferences", MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
to make the toast and log work
and in Spel:
int aantalBanen = getSharedPreferences("numberPicker.preferences", MODE_WORLD_READABLE).getInt( "AANTAL_BANEN", 0 );
textView1.setText(String.valueOf(aantalBanen));
to show stored value in textView1