Is it safe for me to save resource id as user preference

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Currently, I define several theme in my app

R.style.Theme_MyApp_Light
R.style.Theme_MyApp_Dark

User has the option to save his selected theme in preference.

I was wondering, is it safe for me to save these generated Id into preference? Possible in my next app release, aapt generates different resource id?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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Every build the generated resource id will be different. But you can generate fixed resource ids by using public.xml . Then you can safely store resource ids in preference.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Aug 29 '12 at 02:55

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OK. I never heard of public.xml. Now I know :) – Cheok Yan Cheng Aug 29 '12 at 03:00
This is no longer true. The public.xml file no longer works because it was removed. – Trevin Avery Dec 21 '18 at 20:52

Is it safe for me to save resource id as user preference

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