Was PreferenceFragment intentionally excluded from the compatibility package?

Was PreferenceFragment intentionally excluded from the compatibility package?

android compatibility android-3.0-honeycomb

android

Fragments onResume from back stack

android android-fragments compatibility android-3.0-honeycomb back-stack

android

OnGlobalLayoutListener: deprecation and compatibility

android compatibility deprecated

android

Writing backwards compatible Android code

android api compatibility

android

Android: Tint using DrawableCompat

android compatibility tint

android

Is arm64-v8a compatible with armeabi-v7a?

android compatibility abi

android

Theme not applying to DialogFragment on Android

android dialog styles themes compatibility

android

Handling the missing MENU button in new versions of Android (3.x and up)

android compatibility android-3.0-honeycomb android-4.0-ice-cream-sandwich android-4.2-jelly-bean

android

How to deal with deprecated classes in Android to keep compatibility

android compatibility deprecated backwards-compatibility

android

Unable to override onCreateOptionsMenu in ListFragment

android overriding compatibility fragment

android

FragmentActivity causing ClassNotFoundException

android crash compatibility

android

Android Support Library ActionBar not Working in 2.3 Device

android android-actionbar compatibility android-support-library searchview

android

Android Market - This application is available to over 0 devices?

android compatibility google-play device

android

Why does AOSP add new APIs to support libraries without adding them to SDK?

android compatibility android-support-library

android

Google play says "This app may not be optimized for your device", when I access app page with my tablet

android google-play device compatibility tablet

android