Android Shared Preferences Initialization

Question

It is often nice to have some default values in Shared Preferences to begin with. Is there a good way to initialize them from an xml file or property file? Looking for the best way to do this. Thanks.

Answer 1

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Android Preferences: How to load the default values when the user hasn't used the preferences-screen?

Answer 2

 @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Make sure default values are applied.  In a real app, you would
        // want this in a shared function that is used to retrieve the
        // SharedPreferences wherever they are needed.
        PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues(getActivity(),
                R.xml.advanced_preferences, false);

}