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Shared Preferences

Shared Preferences is a lightweight method for storing user settings in Android applications using key-value pairs. It allows for easy reading and writing of primitive data types through its API, utilizing methods like getSharedPreferences() and Editor for data manipulation. The document outlines how to read and write data, including using default preferences and managing data with commit and clear operations.

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Shared Preferences

Shared Preferences is a lightweight method for storing user settings in Android applications using key-value pairs. It allows for easy reading and writing of primitive data types through its API, utilizing methods like getSharedPreferences() and Editor for data manipulation. The document outlines how to read and write data, including using default preferences and managing data with commit and clear operations.

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SharedPreferences

Wissam H.
What are Shared Preferences ?
 A simpler way (then SQLite) for storing data of an
application.

 Suited to store user’s personal settings of an application

 Data is saved and retrieved in the form of (key, value) pair.

 SharedPreferences API provides a set of methods for


reading and writing primitive data (String, int, long, float
and boolean).
How to use Shared Preferences ?
 to use shared preferences, we have to call method
getSharedPreferences() on Activity context.
 SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences(PrefFileName, mode);

 Each activity have a default SharedPreference which can be


accessed using :
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
Reading Data from Shared Preferences

 Call one of the getXXX() methods using SharedPreferences


instance.
 Example :
settings = context.getSharedPreferences(PrefFileName, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

text = settings.getString(“mykeyname1”, null);

 Simularly use : getFloat, getInt, getLong, getBoolean


 The second parameter is the default value to be returned in
case preference key does not exist (or null)
Writing Data to Shared Preferences
 To save something in a sharedpreferences, we need to get its “Editor”
object to put key-value pairs. Editor process put operations when
receiving “commit” call.
 Example :
settings = context.getSharedPreferences(PrefFileName, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Editor editor = settings.edit();
editor.putString(" mykeyname1 ", "value");
editor.commit();

 Similarly use Editor methods : putFloat, puttInt, putLong, putBoolean


(followed by a “commit” call).
 Other Editor methods:
 clear( ) : Mark in the editor to remove all values from the preferences.
Once commit is called, the only remaining preferences will be any
that you have defined in this editor (before or after clear).
Note that when committing back to the preferences, the clear is done first, regardless of
whether you called clear before or after put methods on this editor
 remove(String key) : Mark in the editor that a preference value should
be removed, which will be done in the actual preferences once
commit() is called.

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