Android AppCompat Dark Theme Settings Checkbox

I solved this issue by using the solution this page to create a compatible PreferenceFragment class by copying the code into my project. Then I replaced the old PreferenceActivity with a class that inherits ActionBarActivity, and instantiate the Fragment class derived from the new PreferenceCompatFragment. This now works well to display my settings with the action bar in the expected color, as well as checkboxes that are correctly accented. Here is the code for my new settings:

public class SettingsFragActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    FrameLayout frame = new FrameLayout(this);
    frame.setId(R.id.content);
    setContentView(frame);
    this.getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
            .replace(R.id.content, new SettingsFragment (), null).commit();
    }


public static class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceCompatFragment {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle paramBundle) {
        super.onCreate(paramBundle);
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.prefs);
    }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

}

Note that addPreferencesFromResource belongs to the custom PreferenceFragment class.