/// <summary>
        /// Creates the text encoding preference.
        /// </summary>
        private void CreateTextEncodingPreference()
        {
            // clear information about text encodings
            _encodingEntries.Clear();
            _encodingEntryValues.Clear();

            // get the preference for text encoding list
            _textEncodingListPreference = FindPreference("list_encodings") as Android.Support.V7.Preferences.ListPreference;
            // if text encoding list preference is found
            if (_textEncodingListPreference != null)
            {
                // add "Default" value to the text encoding
                _encodingEntries.AddRange(_textEncodingListPreference.GetEntries());
                _encodingEntryValues.AddRange(_textEncodingListPreference.GetEntryValues());

                // for each available encoding
                foreach (KeyValuePair <string, EncodingInfo> encoding in Utils.AvailableEncodings)
                {
                    // add encoding name to the encoding list
                    _encodingEntries.Add(string.Format("{0}: {1}", encoding.Value.CodePage, encoding.Value.Name));
                    _encodingEntryValues.Add(encoding.Key);
                }

                // add information about available text encodings to the list preference with text encodings
                _textEncodingListPreference.SetEntries(_encodingEntries.ToArray());
                _textEncodingListPreference.SetEntryValues(_encodingEntryValues.ToArray());
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the camera preview size preference.
        /// </summary>
        private void CreateCameraPreviewSizePreference()
        {
            // clear information about camera preview sizes
            _sizeEntries.Clear();
            _sizeEntryValues.Clear();

            // get the preference for camera preview sizes list
            _cameraPreviewSizesListPreference = FindPreference("list_camera_preview_sizes") as Android.Support.V7.Preferences.ListPreference;
            // if camera preview size list preference is found
            if (_cameraPreviewSizesListPreference != null)
            {
                // add "Auto" value to the camera preview sizes
                _sizeEntries.AddRange(_cameraPreviewSizesListPreference.GetEntries());
                _sizeEntryValues.AddRange(_cameraPreviewSizesListPreference.GetEntryValues());

                // if camera controller is not emtpy and camera preview size list is not empty
                if (CameraController != null && CameraController.CameraPreviewSizes != null)
                {
                    int sizeIndex = 0;
                    // for each camera preview size
                    foreach (Camera.Size size in CameraController.CameraPreviewSizes)
                    {
                        // add camera preview size to the camera preview sizes
                        _sizeEntries.Add(string.Format("{0}x{1}", size.Width, size.Height));
                        _sizeEntryValues.Add(sizeIndex.ToString());
                        sizeIndex++;
                    }
                }

                // add the camera preview sizes to the list preference with camera preview sizes
                _cameraPreviewSizesListPreference.SetEntries(_sizeEntries.ToArray());
                _cameraPreviewSizesListPreference.SetEntryValues(_sizeEntryValues.ToArray());

                // if camera preview size is not selected
                if (CameraController.СameraPreviewSize == null)
                {
                    // set the "Auto" value as the default value
                    _cameraPreviewSizesListPreference.SetValueIndex(0);
                }
            }
        }