Save Text in textview after leaving activity

Question

Is there a way for me to keep the entered text in the text view after leaving the activity?

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ClassDatabase extends AppCompatActivity {

TextView students;
TextView averages;
String studentNames;
String studentAvgs;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_class_database);

    students = findViewById(R.id.data);
    averages = findViewById(R.id.avgs);

displays the intent;

    displayIntent();

back to previous activity where u enter new text

    BacktoAdd();
}



private void BacktoAdd(){ 

    Button Back2Add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.backtoadd);
    Back2Add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            startActivity(new Intent(ClassDatabase.this, Add.class));
        }
    });
}

adds new text to text view

private void displayIntent(){

    studentNames = getIntent().getExtras().getString("class");
    studentAvgs = getIntent().getExtras().getString("avg");

    students.append(studentNames);
    students.append(" \n");
    averages.append(studentAvgs);
    averages.append(" \n");


}

}

Currently it gets the text from the previous activity and appends the text to the textview but when I go back to the previous activity and repeat the actions the previous text wasn't saved

Please edit your question to include sample code as a [mcve] — OneCricketeer, Jul 08 '18 at 14:31
Possible duplicate of [How to save data in an android app](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10962344/how-to-save-data-in-an-android-app) — Zoe, Jul 08 '18 at 14:39
Possible duplicate of [Save user input to SharedPrefernces and set Value to EdiText](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45931720/save-user-input-to-sharedprefernces-and-set-value-to-editext) — Nuwan Alawatta, Jul 08 '18 at 14:45

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '18 at 14:31

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You can use SharedPreferences https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared-preferences

answered Jul 08 '18 at 14:31

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Save Text in textview after leaving activity

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