Question

I built a preferences xml that I use as resource in two different activity pages.

The only problem is that I don’t want the LOGOUT button to show in one of those two pages (because the user is not connected yet).

What I did now is:

logoutButton = (Preference)getPreferenceScreen().findPreference("logout");
logoutButton.setEnabled(false);

the button now shows up in gray.. but is there a way to not make it show at all??

Thanks!

Answer 1

If your logout button (Preference) is in the PreferenceScreen, do this:

PreferenceScreen screen = getPreferenceScreen();
Preference logout = findPreference("logout");
screen.removePreference(logout);

Else if your logout button (Preference) is in a PreferenceCategory (which is inside a PreferenceScreen), do this:

PreferenceCategory category = (PreferenceCategory) findPreference("category_name");
Preference logout = findPrefence("logout");
category.removePreference(logout);