preference-v7

I am trying to implement a Settings screen using PreferenceFragmentCompat. My preference xml has a preference subscreen like this: preferences.xml <CheckBoxPreference android:defaultValue="false" android:key="@string/pref_sound_key" android:summary="@string/pref_sound_summary" android:title="@string/pref_sound_title" /> <PreferenceScreen android:title="Inner Screen"> <CheckBoxPreference android:defaultValue="true" android:key="@string/key_1" android:title="@string/title_1" /> <CheckBoxPreference android:defaultValue="true" android:key="@string/key_1" android:title="@string/title_1" />

I was trying to implement preferences for an AppCompat app, using support.v7.preference. It took me a couple of days to fiddle through it, since support.v7.preference has some significant differences to the native preferences... which isn't too bad once you know, but unfortunately there's little documentation out there. I thought I'd share my findings so others don't have to go through the same pain. So... question: How do you best implement Preferences for AppCompat apps (with PreferenceFragment and AppCompatAcitivity being incompatible)? Here are a couple of related questions: Preference sub

My inner PreferenceScreen of PreferenceFragmentCompat is not showing, or seems to ignore tapping events. I created MyPreferenceFragment that extends PreferenceFragmentCompat public class MyPreferenceFragment extends PreferenceFragmentCompat { @Override public void onCreatePreferences(Bundle savedInstanceState, String rootKey) { addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences); } } then I changed my theme at styles.xml like <style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <item name="preferenceTheme">@style/PreferenceThemeOverlay</item> </style> And finally create my preferences.xml

With the new PreferenceFragmentCompat from the v7 Preference Support Library: http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7-preference , I get this error E java.lang.IllegalStateException: Must specify preferenceTheme in theme E at android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceFragmentCompat.onCreate(PreferenceFragmentCompat.java:202) What theme should be set? Update: I have tried using <item name="preferenceTheme">@style/PreferenceThemeOverlay</item> as suggested by @Bogato but it doesn't look right and looks very Holo even on Lollipop. Support library: Native preferences: The