Question

I have a set of values defined in preference.xml:

  <EditTextPreference
            android:defaultValue="19999999999"
            android:key="@string/phone_number"
            android:persistent="true"
            android:summary="Test Number"
            android:title="Phone" />

For some reasons, the OS thinks “19999999999” is an integer(int type) and caps it to 2^31. So I end up seeing something like: 672647167

19999999999 : 10010101000000101111100011111111111

Removing the first four binary numbers, I get the following that matches with what Android OS shows.

672647167 : 101000000101111100011111111111

Is there a workaround?

Answer 1

Try using something like android:hint="@string/PhoneNumberDefault" and put your phone number in the strings resource. Should have the desired effect.