Interface that PreferenceFragment's containing activity should
implement to be able to process preference items that wish to
switch to a new screen of preferences.
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The support library has been superseded by [AndroidX](/jetpack/androidx) which is part of [Jetpack](/jetpack). We recommend using the AndroidX libraries in all new projects. You should also consider [migrating](/jetpack/androidx/migrate) existing projects to AndroidX. To find the AndroidX class that maps to this deprecated class, see the AndroidX support library [class\n| mappings](/jetpack/androidx/migrate/class-mappings).\n\n\n`\npublic\nstatic\n\n\ninterface\nPreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback\n`\n\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback |\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nInterface that PreferenceFragment's containing activity should\nimplement to be able to process preference items that wish to\nswitch to a new screen of preferences.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| ### Public methods ||\n|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ` abstract boolean` | ` `[onPreferenceStartScreen](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback#onPreferenceStartScreen(android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceFragmentCompat, android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceScreen))`(`[PreferenceFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat)` caller, `[PreferenceScreen](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceScreen)` pref) ` Called when the user has clicked on a PreferenceScreen item in order to navigate to a new screen of preferences. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### onPreferenceStartScreen\n\nadded in [version 24.1.0](/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions) \n\n```\nboolean onPreferenceStartScreen (PreferenceFragmentCompat caller, \n PreferenceScreen pref)\n```\n\nCalled when the user has clicked on a PreferenceScreen item in order to navigate to a new\nscreen of preferences.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `caller` | `PreferenceFragmentCompat`: The fragment requesting navigation. \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| `pref` | `PreferenceScreen`: The preference screen to navigate to. \u003cbr /\u003e |\n\n| Returns ||\n|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|\n| `boolean` | true if the screen navigation has been handled \u003cbr /\u003e |\n\n-\n\n Interfaces\n ----------\n\n - [DialogPreference.TargetFragment](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/DialogPreference.TargetFragment)\n - [Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener)\n - [Preference.OnPreferenceClickListener](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/Preference.OnPreferenceClickListener)\n - [PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceDisplayDialogCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceDisplayDialogCallback)\n - [PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback)\n - [PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat.OnPreferenceStartScreenCallback)\n - [PreferenceGroup.PreferencePositionCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceGroup.PreferencePositionCallback)\n - [PreferenceManager.OnDisplayPreferenceDialogListener](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager.OnDisplayPreferenceDialogListener)\n - [PreferenceManager.OnNavigateToScreenListener](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager.OnNavigateToScreenListener)\n - [PreferenceManager.OnPreferenceTreeClickListener](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager.OnPreferenceTreeClickListener)\n-\n\n Classes\n -------\n\n - [CheckBoxPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/CheckBoxPreference)\n - [DialogPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/DialogPreference)\n - [DropDownPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/DropDownPreference)\n - [EditTextPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/EditTextPreference)\n - [EditTextPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/EditTextPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat)\n - [ListPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/ListPreference)\n - [ListPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/ListPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat)\n - [MultiSelectListPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/MultiSelectListPreferenceDialogFragmentCompat)\n - [Preference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/Preference)\n - [Preference.BaseSavedState](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/Preference.BaseSavedState)\n - [PreferenceCategory](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceCategory)\n - [PreferenceDataStore](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceDataStore)\n - [PreferenceDialogFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceDialogFragmentCompat)\n - [PreferenceFragmentCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceFragmentCompat)\n - [PreferenceGroup](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceGroup)\n - [PreferenceManager](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager)\n - [PreferenceManager.PreferenceComparisonCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager.PreferenceComparisonCallback)\n - [PreferenceManager.SimplePreferenceComparisonCallback](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceManager.SimplePreferenceComparisonCallback)\n - [PreferenceScreen](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceScreen)\n - [PreferenceViewHolder](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/PreferenceViewHolder)\n - [R](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R)\n - [R.anim](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.anim)\n - [R.attr](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.attr)\n - [R.bool](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.bool)\n - [R.color](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.color)\n - [R.dimen](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.dimen)\n - [R.drawable](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.drawable)\n - [R.id](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.id)\n - [R.integer](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.integer)\n - [R.layout](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.layout)\n - [R.string](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.string)\n - [R.style](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.style)\n - [R.styleable](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/R.styleable)\n - [SeekBarPreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/SeekBarPreference)\n - [SwitchPreferenceCompat](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/SwitchPreferenceCompat)\n - [TwoStatePreference](/reference/android/support/v7/preference/TwoStatePreference)"]]