Artifact used (ex. androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0-alpha1):
Version used:
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0-beta01'
implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.0.0-beta01'
Theme used:
Devices/Android versions reproduced on:
Pixel 2 with Android P DP 4

- Relevant code to trigger the issue.
You can find it here:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/111433539#comment10
Based on this sample:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-master-dev/samples/SupportPreferenceDemos/

The bug is that there is no reason to save so much space for preferences, if they don't have an icon, especially if none of the preferences have an icon.

If this is intended, please give us the ability to avoid this behavior, and add extra space for the icon only if it exists, as was done before (see attached sample project).

Maybe add a style boolean attribute that will make it work so that whenever there is an icon, it will have space for it, and when it doesn't, avoid the extra space.

- A screenrecord or screenshots showing the issue (if UI related).
Attached before, and after.

For now, the only workaround I've found is by using the adapter and changing the views it binds to:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51568782/878126

Attached video and sample project to also show how it could work instead, after I've applied my workaround.