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Android: Custom PreferenceScreen

1) preferences_holder.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   android:orientation="vertical">
   <LinearLayout 
          android:orientation="horizontal" 
       android:background="@color/bto_dark_green" 
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:gravity="center_vertical" 
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:paddingTop="4dip">
     <Button
        android:id="@+id/backPrefBurron" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text="Home" />
     <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/backText" 
        android:textSize="14dip"
        android:paddingLeft="5dip" 
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textStyle="bold"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_weight="1.0"
        android:text="Preferences: Home will update all areas of the app" />
  </LinearLayout>
  <ListView 
        android:id="@android:id/list" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
2) preferences.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:background="@color/bto_light_green">

<EditTextPreference  
    android:title="Your BTO UserName"
    android:key="username"  
    android:summary="Please provide your username">
</EditTextPreference>
<EditTextPreference  
    android:title="Your BTO Password"
    android:password="true" 
    android:key="password" 
    android:summary="Please provide your password (case sensitive)">
</EditTextPreference>
<ListPreference  
    android:title="Species order"
    android:summary="This preference selects the species order 
                for some viewing sightings activities"
    android:key="speciesorder" 
    android:defaultValue="date_order" 
    android:entries="@array/listArray"
    android:entryValues="@array/listValues">
</ListPreference>
</PreferenceScreen> 
3) Preferences.java 
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class Preferences extends PreferenceActivity {
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.preference_holder);
    addPreferencesFromResource(R.layout.preferences);

    Button backButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.backPrefBurron);
    backButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Intent myIntent = new Intent(getBaseContext(),
                    BTFirstTab.class);
            startActivity(myIntent);
        }
    });

     }
}  


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