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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.preference;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import android.app.AlertDialog.Builder;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.DialogInterface;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.os.Parcelable;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+
+/**
+ * @hide
+ * A {@link Preference} that displays a list of entries as
+ * a dialog which allow the user to toggle each individually on and off.
+ * 
+ * @attr ref android.R.styleable#ListPreference_entries
+ * @attr ref android.R.styleable#ListPreference_entryValues
+ */
+public class MultiCheckPreference extends DialogPreference {
+    private CharSequence[] mEntries;
+    private String[] mEntryValues;
+    private boolean[] mSetValues;
+    private boolean[] mOrigValues;
+    private String mSummary;
+    
+    public MultiCheckPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+        
+        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
+                com.android.internal.R.styleable.ListPreference, 0, 0);
+        mEntries = a.getTextArray(com.android.internal.R.styleable.ListPreference_entries);
+        if (mEntries != null) {
+            setEntries(mEntries);
+        }
+        setEntryValuesCS(a.getTextArray(
+                com.android.internal.R.styleable.ListPreference_entryValues));
+        a.recycle();
+
+        /* Retrieve the Preference summary attribute since it's private
+         * in the Preference class.
+         */
+        a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
+                com.android.internal.R.styleable.Preference, 0, 0);
+        mSummary = a.getString(com.android.internal.R.styleable.Preference_summary);
+        a.recycle();
+    }
+
+    public MultiCheckPreference(Context context) {
+        this(context, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the human-readable entries to be shown in the list. This will be
+     * shown in subsequent dialogs.
+     * <p>
+     * Each entry must have a corresponding index in
+     * {@link #setEntryValues(CharSequence[])}.
+     * 
+     * @param entries The entries.
+     * @see #setEntryValues(CharSequence[])
+     */
+    public void setEntries(CharSequence[] entries) {
+        mEntries = entries;
+        mSetValues = new boolean[entries.length];
+        mOrigValues = new boolean[entries.length];
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @see #setEntries(CharSequence[])
+     * @param entriesResId The entries array as a resource.
+     */
+    public void setEntries(int entriesResId) {
+        setEntries(getContext().getResources().getTextArray(entriesResId));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * The list of entries to be shown in the list in subsequent dialogs.
+     * 
+     * @return The list as an array.
+     */
+    public CharSequence[] getEntries() {
+        return mEntries;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * The array to find the value to save for a preference when an entry from
+     * entries is selected. If a user clicks on the second item in entries, the
+     * second item in this array will be saved to the preference.
+     * 
+     * @param entryValues The array to be used as values to save for the preference.
+     */
+    public void setEntryValues(String[] entryValues) {
+        mEntryValues = entryValues;
+        Arrays.fill(mSetValues, false);
+        Arrays.fill(mOrigValues, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see #setEntryValues(CharSequence[])
+     * @param entryValuesResId The entry values array as a resource.
+     */
+    public void setEntryValues(int entryValuesResId) {
+        setEntryValuesCS(getContext().getResources().getTextArray(entryValuesResId));
+    }
+
+    private void setEntryValuesCS(CharSequence[] values) {
+        setValues(null);
+        if (values != null) {
+            mEntryValues = new String[values.length];
+            for (int i=0; i<values.length; i++) {
+                mEntryValues[i] = values[i].toString();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the array of values to be saved for the preference.
+     * 
+     * @return The array of values.
+     */
+    public CharSequence[] getEntryValues() {
+        return mEntryValues;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the current values.
+     */
+    public void setValues(boolean[] values) {
+        if (mSetValues != null) {
+            Arrays.fill(mSetValues, false);
+            Arrays.fill(mOrigValues, false);
+            if (values != null) {
+                System.arraycopy(values, 0, mSetValues, 0,
+                        values.length < mSetValues.length ? values.length : mSetValues.length);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the summary of this ListPreference. If the summary
+     * has a {@linkplain java.lang.String#format String formatting}
+     * marker in it (i.e. "%s" or "%1$s"), then the current entry
+     * value will be substituted in its place.
+     *
+     * @return the summary with appropriate string substitution
+     */
+    @Override
+    public CharSequence getSummary() {
+        if (mSummary == null) {
+            return super.getSummary();
+        } else {
+            return mSummary;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the summary for this Preference with a CharSequence.
+     * If the summary has a
+     * {@linkplain java.lang.String#format String formatting}
+     * marker in it (i.e. "%s" or "%1$s"), then the current entry
+     * value will be substituted in its place when it's retrieved.
+     *
+     * @param summary The summary for the preference.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setSummary(CharSequence summary) {
+        super.setSummary(summary);
+        if (summary == null && mSummary != null) {
+            mSummary = null;
+        } else if (summary != null && !summary.equals(mSummary)) {
+            mSummary = summary.toString();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the currently selected values.
+     */
+    public boolean[] getValues() {
+        return mSetValues;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the index of the given value (in the entry values array).
+     * 
+     * @param value The value whose index should be returned.
+     * @return The index of the value, or -1 if not found.
+     */
+    public int findIndexOfValue(String value) {
+        if (value != null && mEntryValues != null) {
+            for (int i = mEntryValues.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                if (mEntryValues[i].equals(value)) {
+                    return i;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected void onPrepareDialogBuilder(Builder builder) {
+        super.onPrepareDialogBuilder(builder);
+        
+        if (mEntries == null || mEntryValues == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "ListPreference requires an entries array and an entryValues array.");
+        }
+
+        mOrigValues = Arrays.copyOf(mSetValues, mSetValues.length);
+        builder.setMultiChoiceItems(mEntries, mSetValues,
+                new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {
+                        mSetValues[which] = isChecked;
+                    }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onDialogClosed(boolean positiveResult) {
+        super.onDialogClosed(positiveResult);
+
+        if (positiveResult) {
+            if (callChangeListener(getValues())) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        System.arraycopy(mOrigValues, 0, mSetValues, 0, mSetValues.length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object onGetDefaultValue(TypedArray a, int index) {
+        return a.getString(index);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onSetInitialValue(boolean restoreValue, Object defaultValue) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Parcelable onSaveInstanceState() {
+        final Parcelable superState = super.onSaveInstanceState();
+        if (isPersistent()) {
+            // No need to save instance state since it's persistent
+            return superState;
+        }
+        
+        final SavedState myState = new SavedState(superState);
+        myState.values = getValues();
+        return myState;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state) {
+        if (state == null || !state.getClass().equals(SavedState.class)) {
+            // Didn't save state for us in onSaveInstanceState
+            super.onRestoreInstanceState(state);
+            return;
+        }
+         
+        SavedState myState = (SavedState) state;
+        super.onRestoreInstanceState(myState.getSuperState());
+        setValues(myState.values);
+    }
+    
+    private static class SavedState extends BaseSavedState {
+        boolean[] values;
+        
+        public SavedState(Parcel source) {
+            super(source);
+            values = source.createBooleanArray();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
+            super.writeToParcel(dest, flags);
+            dest.writeBooleanArray(values);
+        }
+
+        public SavedState(Parcelable superState) {
+            super(superState);
+        }
+
+        public static final Parcelable.Creator<SavedState> CREATOR =
+                new Parcelable.Creator<SavedState>() {
+            public SavedState createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
+                return new SavedState(in);
+            }
+
+            public SavedState[] newArray(int size) {
+                return new SavedState[size];
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    
+}