[ACCEPTED]-Is there any way to put extras to Intent from preferences?-extras

I got an answer, you can use it like this:

<Preference
    android:key="xxx"
    android:title="xxx"
    android:summary="xxx">
   <intent android:action="xxx" >
         <extra android:name="xxx" android:value="xxx" />
    </intent>        

</Preference>

0

There is a data field for intents described 6 in the documentation here.

It is used in the 5 API demo application for the XML preferences 4 to launch an intent in the Intent Preferences 3 example.

Related example xml from that demo 2 in preferences.xml:

    <PreferenceScreen
            android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
            android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">

        <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
                android:data="http://www.android.com" />

    </PreferenceScreen>

Maybe this approach could 1 work for you?

Add the preference to the preference.xml 2 file:

<Preference android:title="user" android:key="user"/>            

And then you can use a setOnPreferenceClickListener 1 to launch an Intent with extras.

Preference userButton = (Preference) findPreference("user");
userButton.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceClickListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference arg0) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), YourTargetActivity.class);
        intent.putExtra(EXTRA, mUser);
        startActivity(intent);
        return true;
    }
});

working for me.

<shortcut
    android:enabled="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/xxx"
    android:shortcutDisabledMessage="@string/xxx"
    android:shortcutId="xxxx"
    android:shortcutLongLabel="xxx"
    android:shortcutShortLabel="xxx">
    <intent
        android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
        android:targetClass="xxx"
        android:targetPackage="xxx">
        <extra
            android:name="intent_name"
            android:value="true" />
    </intent>
</shortcut>

0

As your extras are not constants, you should 1 pass them in the java code instead of xml.

Intent intent = new Intent( this, YourTargetActivity.class );
intent.putExtra( EXTRAS_KEY, extras );
yourPref.setIntent( intent );

You can use

<PreferenceScreen
        android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
        android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">

    <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
            android:data="hello world" />

</PreferenceScreen>

to send the intent data. Then 1 in your activity simply use:

getIntent().getDataString()

To send email or rate on market you need 1 to use something like

<Preference
        android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
        android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">

    <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
            android:data="market://details?id=com.your_package" />

</Preference>
<Preference
        android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
        android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">

    <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
            android:data="mailto:your_email@gmail.com" />

</Preference>

Not really an answer to your question, but 9 very much related. Maybe someone will find 8 it useful. For newer API (>11) you have 7 a preference-headers file and you can define 6 custom intents for one of the headers. I 5 was trying to add a custom Extra to one 4 of the headers and the solution I found 3 goes like this:

In your preference-headers.xml:

<header 
        android:fragment="com.mypackage.MyPreference$Prefs1Fragment"
        android:title="Intent"
        android:summary="Launches an Intent.">
</header>

In 2 your "MyPreference" class (extends PreferenceActivity) you 1 have:

public static class Prefs1Fragment extends PreferenceFragment {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), MyTargetActivity.class);
        // set the desired extras, flags etc to the intent
        intent.putExtra("customExtra", "Something that I used to know");
        // starting our target activity
        startActivity(intent);
        // ending the current activity, which is just a redirector to our end goal
        getActivity().finish();
    }
}