SharedPrefs is resetting after Setting Locale of the Android Application

Question

I've create an activity to change the locale of the application to load resources of the selected language and I restart the application,moreover I'm keeping an integer value as the app state using sharedpreferences,after setting the locale via the following code,the next time that I open the application the mentioned state does not have the correct value!!!!But,when I remove the language setting there isn't any problem with the state of the application!

myLocale = new Locale(lang);
Resources res = getResources();
DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
Configuration conf = res.getConfiguration();
conf.locale = myLocale;
res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);
/*
 * Intent refresh = new Intent(this, AndroidLocalizeActivity.class);
 * startActivity(refresh); finish();
 */
PrefManager _p = new PrefManager(getApplicationContext(), PrefConfigNames.LANGUAGE_APP_CONFIG);
_p.setStringValue(GeneralPrefKeyNames.LANGUAGE, lang);

Intent i = getBaseContext().getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(getBaseContext().getPackageName());
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
startActivity(i);

setResult(RESULT_OK, null);
finish();

I cannot get what happens to sharedpreferences(I've used open source securepreferences (CodeProject article)in this app)

here!!!

Thanks in advance

Edit#1 PrefManager.java

public class PrefManager {

    private SecurePreferences _securePreferences = null;

    public PrefManager(Context context, String PrefName)
    {

        _securePreferences = new SecurePreferences(context, PrefName);
    }

    public void setStringValue(String key, String value)
    {

        _securePreferences.edit().putString(key, value).commit();
    }
}

Edit#2 Something which is so weird is that the state of the application stored in the sharedprefs has the correct value when I debug or run the application from eclipse (debug or run as an android application)!!!but when I rerun it on the phone it has the default value!!!Please help me solve this issue!

Edit#3 I found out that there was a problem with relaunching the application using the following lines,is there another way to relaunch the app without any problem???Or even a better way (to update the language without relaunching the app)?

Intent i = getBaseContext().getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(getBaseContext().getPackageName());
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
startActivity(i);

I've tried the following link to achieve the second mentioned approach

Changing locale: Force activity to reload resources?

,but it is not being raised after the following line

res.updateConfiguration(conf, dm);

Thanks in advance

You debug on the same phone ? Also where you are performing `_p.setStringValue(GeneralPrefKeyNames.LANGUAGE, lang);` I am just guessing that there is a problem with values toggling because of code sequence. Just my guess — Jibran Khan, Dec 16 '15 at 06:34
Ok,thanks a lot,would you please tell me which parts you guess there is a code sequence problem!??I cannot find the problem!!! — Shadi, Dec 16 '15 at 06:43

Shadi · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-27T07:37:38.757

I finally got the solution,in the onPause method I save the currently saved language in the sharedprefs and after changing the locale in the setting activity and returning to the previous activity in the onResume method I compare the newly saved lang with the value kept in the onPause,and if these two are not equal I call recreate method.

@Override
protected void onResume()
{
    super.onResume();

    SharedPreferences _sPreferences = getSharedPreferences(PrefConfigNames.LANGUAGE_APP_CONFIG,
            Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    String resumeLang = _sPreferences.getString(GeneralPrefKeyNames.LANGUAGE, "En");
    if (!currentLang.equals(resumeLang))
        recreate();



};

@Override
protected void onPause()
{

    SharedPreferences _sPreferences = getSharedPreferences(PrefConfigNames.LANGUAGE_APP_CONFIG,
            Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    currentLang = _sPreferences.getString(GeneralPrefKeyNames.LANGUAGE, "En");
    super.onPause();
};

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '15 at 09:41

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You should commit() the values

answered Dec 14 '15 at 09:41

Sachchidanand

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Are you doing any cleanup while task for shared prefs ? OR Doing some initialization on APP start up for shared prefs ? It might be the case that some default values are getting assigned in ur shared prefs – Sachchidanand Dec 22 '15 at 08:20
No,nothing,I just check the value of sharedpref on startup and according to this value I can start the preferred activity – Shadi Dec 22 '15 at 11:21

SharedPrefs is resetting after Setting Locale of the Android Application

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