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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.car.settings.display;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.provider.Settings;
+
+import androidx.preference.Preference;
+import androidx.preference.TwoStatePreference;
+
+import com.android.car.settings.common.FragmentController;
+import com.android.car.settings.common.NoSetupPreferenceController;
+
+/** Business logic for controlling the adaptive brightness setting. */
+public class AdaptiveBrightnessTogglePreferenceController extends
+        NoSetupPreferenceController implements
+        Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener {
+
+    public AdaptiveBrightnessTogglePreferenceController(Context context, String preferenceKey,
+            FragmentController fragmentController) {
+        super(context, preferenceKey, fragmentController);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void updateState(Preference preference) {
+        if (!(preference instanceof TwoStatePreference)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expecting an instance of TwoStatePreference");
+        }
+        ((TwoStatePreference) preference).setChecked(isAdaptiveBrightnessChecked());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
+        return supportsAdaptiveBrightness() ? AVAILABLE : UNSUPPORTED_ON_DEVICE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
+        if (!(preference instanceof TwoStatePreference)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expecting an instance of TwoStatePreference");
+        }
+        boolean enableAdaptiveBrightness = (boolean) newValue;
+        Settings.System.putInt(mContext.getContentResolver(),
+                Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE,
+                enableAdaptiveBrightness ? Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_AUTOMATIC
+                        : Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAdaptiveBrightnessChecked() {
+        int brightnessMode = Settings.System.getInt(mContext.getContentResolver(),
+                Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE,
+                Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL);
+        return brightnessMode != Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL;
+    }
+
+    private boolean supportsAdaptiveBrightness() {
+        return mContext.getResources().getBoolean(
+                com.android.internal.R.bool.config_automatic_brightness_available);
+    }
+}