Customizing UI Settings Using the AndroidX Preference Library

A solid understanding of the AndroidX Preference library is essential to create settings screens that enhance the user experience. This course, Customizing UI settings Using AndroidX Preference Library, will show you how to use Preference Library to create a settings screen that uses the underlying default SharedPreferences or PreferenceDataStore. You'll first explore the AndroidX Preference Library and then use it to create a settings screen that adheres to Android design guidelines. Next, we'll show you how to access Preference objects and retrieve values from the PreferenceDataStore and default SharedPreferences. Finally, you will learn how to implement different listener interfaces in order to keep track any updates to the Preference objects. This course will give you a solid foundation in using the Preference library to create robust settings UIs that are compatible with modern Android apps.