Android:problems creating settings menu

returnNull

Hi,
I keep getting a force close every time I click on settings in the action bar> ive been looking at stack overflow+the android dev website and have confused myself into a hole
Here's the code for onOptionsItemSelected().Creating the intent causes the force close.

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
	    // Handle item selection
	    switch (item.getItemId()) {
	        case R.id.action_settings:
	           // this code causes force close when settings is touched in actionbar
	        	Intent settingsIntent = new Intent(this, Preferences.class);
	            this.startActivity(settingsIntent);
	            return true;
	        case R.id.action_about:
	            showAbout();
	            return true;
	        default:
	            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
	    }
	}

And here,s the code for the Preferences class

public class Preferences extends PreferenceActivity {
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
    }
    
}

and heres the preferences.xml

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

<PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <PreferenceCategory
                android:title="Blinds">
                 <EditTextPreference
                android:name="SmallBlindsEditText Preference"
                android:summary="This allows you to change small blind amount"
                android:defaultValue="Nothing"
                android:title="Small Blind"
                android:key="SmallBlindTextPref" />
                 
                 <RingtonePreference
                android:name="Multiplier Preference"
                android:summary="Change blind multiplier"
                android:title="Multiplier"
                android:key="multiplierPref" /> 
                
        </PreferenceCategory>
        
</PreferenceScreen>

Now from looking at the android dev notes(and eclipse points out)that addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences) has been deprecated and that I should use PreferenceFragments but when I follow the examples I get a message saying they are for api 11 (and not 8 which my app is aimed at)

Like I said I'm not sure where i'm goin wrong,any help much appreciated

returnNull

I seemed to have got it sorted just by removing the 2nd option in my preferences,xml and cleaned and rebuilt the project

Kavrocks

In future you should paste the LogCat output too. It'll tell somebody what has gone wrong and generally where so they can help you easier and quicker.