getDefaultSharedPreferences in a BroadcastReceiver

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I was just guessing how to access the DefaultSharedPreferences (set in a PreferenceActivity) from an application in a BroadcastReceiver, knowing that onReceive method comes with Context and Intent?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '12 at 05:50

Looking at the source of it, we can see getDefaultSharedPreferences actually uses getSharedPreferences. So we can use getSharedPreferences the same we getDefaultSharedPreferences uses it.

In this specific case (onReceive of a BroadcastReceiver) :

SharedPreferences settings = context.getSharedPreferences(context.getPackageName() + "_preferences", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '12 at 21:06

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In the BroadcastReceiver:

PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)

answered Jul 12 '12 at 21:06

Mohamed Hafez

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My bad, wasn't aware of PreferenceManager's static method. – Aug 16 '12 at 07:16

getDefaultSharedPreferences in a BroadcastReceiver

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