Android PreferenceScreen - Can I use it without saving preferences to SharedPreferences?

I know that's an old question but I find it quite interesting. Just set this attribute to your preference and it won't be saved:

android:persistent="false"

I re-read the appropriate docs and determined how to prevent saving preferences by implementing the Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener interface.

public static interface Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener

Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when the value of this Preference has been changed by the user and is about to be set and/or persisted. This gives the client a chance to prevent setting and/or persisting the value.

Example:

public class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {

    public static SettingsFragment newInstance(int index) {
        SettingsFragment f = new SettingsFragment();

        Bundle args = new Bundle();
        args.putInt("index", index);
        f.setArguments(args);

        return f;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        addPreferencesFromResource(R.layout.settings);

        // getArguments().getInt("index");

        EditTextPreference namePreference = (EditTextPreference) findPreference("settings_edit_name");
        namePreference.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new NamePreferenceChangeListener());

    }

    private class NamePreferenceChangeListener implements Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener {

    @Override
    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
        // Do something else presumably and then return false to avoid saving the pref.
        return false;
    }

}