Adding PreferenceFragment to FragmentPagerAdapter

This answer led me to the solution of using the v13 support library, which includes a FragmentPagerAdapter that uses bona-fide android.app.Fragments so it can support the PreferenceFragment.

Assuming you use Eclipse and run the new app wizard with the "Scrollable Tabs + Swipe" Navigation (which gives you the v4 pager boilerplate), here are the modifications you need to make to upgrade to v13:

• Delete "android-support-v4.jar" file from your libs folder
• Copy "android-support-v13.jar" from SDK_PATH\extras\android\support\v13; if it's not there, use the SDK manager to install or update "Extras/Android Support Library"

Then, in the Java file:

• Change FragmentPagerAdapter import from v4 to v13
• Change FragmentActivity to a plain Activity
• Change calls to getSupportFragmentManager to getFragmentManager
• Import all necessary classes from android.app instead of android.support.v4
• (Except: you still need to use the v4 ViewPager, but it's compatible)

I've copied the modified source below, verified on latest Jellybean.

MainActivity.java:

package com.example.pagerwithpreferencesfragment;

import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;
import android.support.v13.app.FragmentPagerAdapter; // instead of v4.app...
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity { // no longer FragmentActivity

    // these comments are now out-of-date; v13, not v4
    /**
     * The {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
     * fragments for each of the sections. We use a
     * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which
     * will keep every loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory
     * intensive, it may be best to switch to a
     * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
     */
    SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

    /**
     * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
     */
    ViewPager mViewPager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
        // primary sections of the app.
        mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(
                getFragmentManager()); // instead of getSupportFragmentMangager

        // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    }

    @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;
    }

    /**
     * A {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
     * one of the sections/tabs/pages.
     */
    public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

        public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
            super(fm);
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {
            // this is just to show it compiles
            if (position == 0) {
                // you should really make this a public class elsewhere..
                return new PreferenceFragment() {
                    @Override
                    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings_preferences);
                    }
                };
            }
            // getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
            // Return a DummySectionFragment (defined as a static inner class
            // below) with the page number as its lone argument.
            Fragment fragment = new DummySectionFragment();
            Bundle args = new Bundle();
            args.putInt(DummySectionFragment.ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, position + 1);
            fragment.setArguments(args);
            return fragment;
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            // Show 3 total pages.
            return 3;
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
            switch (position) {
            case 0:
                return getString(R.string.title_section1).toUpperCase(l);
            case 1:
                return getString(R.string.title_section2).toUpperCase(l);
            case 2:
                return getString(R.string.title_section3).toUpperCase(l);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * A dummy fragment representing a section of the app, but that simply
     * displays dummy text.
     */
    public static class DummySectionFragment extends Fragment {
        /**
         * The fragment argument representing the section number for this
         * fragment.
         */
        public static final String ARG_SECTION_NUMBER = "section_number";

        public DummySectionFragment() {
        }

        @Override
        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main_dummy,
                    container, false);
            TextView dummyTextView = (TextView) rootView
                    .findViewById(R.id.section_label);
            dummyTextView.setText(Integer.toString(getArguments().getInt(
                    ARG_SECTION_NUMBER)));
            return rootView;
        }
    }

}

settings_preferences.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<PreferenceScreen
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

   <PreferenceCategory
      android:key="my_category_key"
      android:title="My Title">

       <CheckBoxPreference
         android:key="pref_key"
         android:title="Title"
         android:summary="Summary"
         android:defaultValue="false"
         />

   </PreferenceCategory>

</PreferenceScreen>