Question

I created a settings activity using eclipse. The setting activity creates two example categories automatically (in addition to the general settings): Notifications and Data & Sync. The problem is that I simply don’t know how to delete them without making my app crash:

I tried simply deleting this block (i converted it to a comment) but the app crashed:

    // Add 'notifications' preferences, and a corresponding header.
    fakeHeader = new PreferenceCategory(this);
    fakeHeader.setTitle(R.string.pref_header_notifications);
    getPreferenceScreen().addPreference(fakeHeader);
    addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref_notification);

I cannot start from a blank activity since this is my first app, so I would prefer to start from the example settings activity.

How can I delete the “notifications” preference so I only have the general settings and data & sync?

This is the content of the logcat when it crashes:

Answer 1

Hard to say from your small example. What does eclipse say when it crashes (switch to the DDMS or DEBUG view and have a look at the logcat output)

If you are just starting, I suggest you use the wizard to create a first application instead of changing an existing example.