Question

I am reading shared preferences like

SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

and then with preferences.getString("list_of_text_modes", "0") i can get value of any shared preferences. In my example (0 or 1)

Is it possible to get title too, not just value?

For example. I am using ListPreference.

<ListPreference
            android:entries="@array/list_of_text_modes"
            android:entryValues="@array/list_of_text_mode_values"
            android:key="list_of_text_modes"
            android:summary=""
            android:title="@string/title_language_mode" 
            android:defaultValue="default" />       

    <string-array name="list_of_text_modes">
        <item>Default</item>
        <item>Settings</item>
    </string-array>
    <string-array name="list_of_text_mode_values">
        <item>0</item>
        <item>1</item>

now i get “0” if i choose “Default”. Can i read somehow title “Default”. Or with preferences i can read only values?

And what if I don’t have 0 and 1. What if i save as “text1” and “tetx2”. Can i read by key, value pair?

Answer 1

You can extract titles from your resources, if you have title index. Try this code:

CharSequence[] titles = context.getResources().getTextArray(R.array.list_of_text_modes);
String myTitle = titles[titleIndex];