Mystery solved. I was calling "alarm_delay_keys" from res/xml/
arrays.xml in settings.getString() when I should have been calling
"alarm_delay_list" from res/xml/preferences.xml.
On Sep 14, 11:09 am, Ostaski <osta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using a CountDownTimer which is set by a alarm_delay_keys value:
>
> public void arming() {
> // changing system_state textview
> tvSystemState = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.system_state);
> tvSystemState.setText(R.string.system_state_arming);
> // starting countdown
> settings = getPrefs();
> seconds = Integer.parseInt(settings.getString("alarm_delay_keys",
> "30"));
> alarmDelay = seconds * 1000;
> CountDown counter = new CountDown(alarmDelay,1000);
> counter.start();
>
> }
>
> public SharedPreferences getPrefs() {
> // PreferenceManager pm = pa.getPreferenceManager();
> // settings = pm.getSharedPreferences();
> // settings = this.getPreferences(0);
> // settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
> settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences
> (getBaseContext());
> return settings;
>
> }
>
> public class CountDown extends CountDownTimer {
> private TextView tvCountDown = (TextView) findViewById
> (R.id.progress);
> private TextView tvSystemState = (TextView) findViewById
> (R.id.system_state);
>
> public CountDown(long millisInFuture, long countDownInterval) {
> super(millisInFuture, countDownInterval);
> }
>
> @Override
> public void onFinish() {
> tvSystemState.setText(R.string.system_state_armed);
> tvCountDown.setText(R.string.armed);
> }
>
> @Override
> public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
> tvCountDown.setText(millisUntilFinished/1000 + " seconds until
> Armed");
>
> }
>
> Here's a snippet of the res/values/arrays.xml:
>
> <string-array name="alarm_delay_keys">
> <item>15 seconds</item>
> <item>30 seconds</item>
> <item>1 minute</item>
> <item>5 minutes</item>
> <item>15 minutes</item>
> </string-array>
> <string-array name="alarm_delay_values">
> <item>15</item>
> <item>30</item>
> <item>60</item>
> <item>300</item>
> <item>900</item>
> </string-array>
>
> and the snippet from res/xml/preferences.xml:
>
> <ListPreference
> android:key="alarm_delay_list"
> android:title="Alarm Delay"
> android:summary="Click to change the alarm delay"
> android:entries="@array/alarm_delay_keys"
> android:entryValues="@array/alarm_delay_values"
> android:dialogTitle="Choose your alarm
> delay\n(default is 1
> minute)"
> android:defaultValue="60"
> />
>
> If I change the value in the options menu, the radio gets set to the
> correct value. The timer works, but keeps using the default value of
> 30 no matter what I set the value to in the options menu.
>
> I assume this means I am not retreiving the preferences, since the
> default value is set at:
> seconds = Integer.parseInt(settings.getString("alarm_delay_keys",
> "30"));
>
> As you can see above, I tried several variations for calling
> PreferenceManager, but these did not make a difference.
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