android:visibility attribute in preferences xml not working? (Android 2.3)

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Take for example this small preference.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PreferenceScreen android:title="@string/sig_title" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ListPreference android:entries="@array/text_display_entries" android:title="@string/sig_style" android:key="text_style" android:entryValues="@array/text_display_values" />
<CheckBoxPreference android:title="@string/custom_font" android:key="tweaks_text" />
<CheckBoxPreference android:title="@string/col_random" android:key="random_color_pref" />
<CheckBoxPreference android:visibility="invisible" android:enabled="false" android:title="@string/sig_show" android:key="show_sig" />
</PreferenceScreen>

The attribute android:visibility="invisible" for the last checkbox doesn't work; this attribute (or gone for that matter) doesn't work for preferences?

I don't have anything in the code to mess with its visibility, just curious why this doesn't work.

visibility preferences android xml
4 Answers

For AndroidX users, add this directly to your preference XML

app:isPreferenceVisible="false"
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I realize that this is an older question that didn't previously have an acceptable answer to do this in xml.

Now with the addition of the AppCompat Library is IS possible do this directly in xml. See the complete example at https://stackoverflow.com/a/54154665/114549

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