I would like to get View instance that is used to display specific Preference in my PreferenceActivity, so i can modify its properties, for example:
public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preference);
Preference pref = findPreference("key");
pref.getView().setVisibility(View.GONE);
//not necessarily setVisibility, i hope you get my point
}
}
I only found this method: getView (View convertView, ViewGroup parent). But it seems confusing to me, that if i want to get View of my preference, i need to provide view and viewGroup as parameters??
Could someone explain how to use this method, or point me to another method to get View from my Preference instance.
PS: if possible, i would rather NOT extend Preference class, but i dont mind it if necessary
I'm not sure on how to get the view for a preference, but if you want to remove the view from the screen (set visibility to View.gone) you can use the following:
getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(thePreference)