Answer 1

Yes, there is a special Activity for that kind of view called PreferenceActivity.

You can find a full example here.

HTH

Thomas

EDIT: this example is a code based preference dialog, but there is another way to do with the xml layout file.

Answered by: Emma133 | Posted: 26-02-2022

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