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Added in API level 1

PreferenceChangeListener

public interface PreferenceChangeListener
implements EventListener

java.util.prefs.PreferenceChangeListener

A listener for receiving preference change events.

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Summary

Public methods
`abstract void`	`preferenceChange(PreferenceChangeEvent evt)` This method gets called when a preference is added, removed or when its value is changed.

Public methods

preferenceChange

Added in API level 1

public abstract void preferenceChange (PreferenceChangeEvent evt)

This method gets called when a preference is added, removed or when its value is changed.

Parameters
`evt`	`PreferenceChangeEvent`: A PreferenceChangeEvent object describing the event source and the preference that has changed.

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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