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Here is source code of the Program to Write to Demonstrate Intent in Preference Screen in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

In some cases, you might want a preference item to open a different activity instead of a settings screen, such as a web browser to view a web page. To invoke an Intent when the user selects a preference item, add an element as a child of the corresponding element.

For example, here’s how you can use a preference item to open a web page:

<Preference android:title="@string/prefs_web_page" >
    <intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
            android:data="http://www.example.com" />
</Preference>

You can create both implicit and explicit intents using the following attributes:

android:action :- The action to assign, as per the setAction() method.
android:data :- The data to assign, as per the setData() method.
android:mimeType :- The MIME type to assign, as per the setType() method.
android:targetClass :- The class part of the component name, as per the setComponent() method.
android:targetPackage :- The package part of the component name, as per the setComponent() method.

MainActivity.java

package com.example.prefernceintent;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 
        Button but2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        but2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
            Intent in = new Intent("com.example.prefernceintent.Pref");
 
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                startActivity(in);
            }
        });
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
}

Pref.java

package com.example.prefernceintent;
 
import java.util.List;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
 
public class Pref extends PreferenceActivity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // TODO
        // Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref);
    }
 
}

Activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="188dp"
        android:text="LAUNCH" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

pref.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:title="...." >
 
    <PreferenceScreen
        android:key="button_voicemail_category_key"
        android:persistent="false"
        android:title="voicemail" >
        <ListPreference
            android:key="button_voicemail_provider_key"
            android:title="voicemail_provider" />
        <PreferenceScreen
            android:key="button_voicemail_setting_key"
            android:persistent="false"
            android:title="voicemail_settings" >
           </PreferenceScreen>
 
        <RingtonePreference
            android:key="button_voicemail_ringtone_key"
            android:ringtoneType="notification"
            android:title="voicemail_ringtone_title" />
           <Preference android:title="prefs_web_page" >
            <intent
                android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
                android:data="http://www.google.com" />
        </Preference>
    </PreferenceScreen>
 
</PreferenceScreen>

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.prefernceintent"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
 
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="11"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
 
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.prefernceintent.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.prefernceintent.Pref"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.example.prefernceintent.Pref" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
 
</manifest>

Java Android Program to Demonstrate Intent in Preference Screen