Hide Admin settings menu with predefined choices

Hello ODK Community!

I am totally new to Android Development and ODK Collect, but learning at a fast pace.

ODK Collect has a number of configurable settings from General & Admin settings. What I want to achieve is,

1)There will be only one menu item as "Settings"
2)Predefined choices from Admin settings. I don't want to use Admin Password.
3)Hide Admin settings menu.
4)Only allow 6 - 8 important settings through new Settings menu.

I tried with the files in res/xml folders -- admin_preferences.xml & preferences.xml but need some insight & help, please.

Will anybody guide me on this?

Tank you & Regards.

All the settings leverage Android Preferences -- you should read up on
them in the Android SDK documentation.

The Admin settings allow you to control what settings are exposed on the
General Settings menu.
The point of the password and the admin settings is to restrict the UI and
prevent tampering.

I feel compelled to point out that the elimination of the Admin Settings
menu item (vs. keeping it and using an Admin password) does not seem to be
worth the costs of maintaining a fork in the code tree.

I don't see anything other than the 'single settings menu and no admin
password' requirement as preventing you from using the software as-is. It
is probably better to push back on that requirement than to try to satisfy
it.

Mitch

ยทยทยท On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:07 AM, wrote:

Hello ODK Community!

I am totally new to Android Development and ODK Collect, but learning at a
fast pace.

ODK Collect has a number of configurable settings from General & Admin
settings. What I want to achieve is,

1)There will be only one menu item as "Settings"
2)Predefined choices from Admin settings. I don't want to use Admin
Password.
3)Hide Admin settings menu.
4)Only allow 6 - 8 important settings through new Settings menu.

I tried with the files in res/xml folders -- admin_preferences.xml &
preferences.xml but need some insight & help, please.

Will anybody guide me on this?

Tank you & Regards.

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