Prevent user to clear store preferences from app settings in android application.?

Question

I am creating an android application which i have store some data in to store preferences,Actually i want to prevent that for further work.

Now what happen user can easily delete that data from app setting.

Is there any way to disable or hide that button from app setting?

refer -https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6531173/how-to-disable-the-clear-data-button-in-application-info-of-manage-application — Bunny, Sep 04 '18 at 06:51

pielbek pielkop · Answer 1 · 2018-09-04T07:12:26.050

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You can create a SQLite database file in the external storage so it will not be deleted when the user clears cache or even delete App Data. But you can not prevent any of these to be deleted. User has full control of what can be on the device and what not.

Edit

As @NileshRathod mentioned in the comments below, you can redirect a user to an Activity to manage what could be deleted and what not simply by adding the following in your Android Manifest:

<!--Prevent user from deleting App Preferences-->
<application ... android:manageSpaceActivity=".MyManageSpaceActivity">

edited Sep 04 '18 at 07:12

answered Sep 04 '18 at 06:48

pielbek pielkop

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i knew that sqLite is one option but i want to store data in to store preference . do you know other options except database? – Arbaz.in Sep 04 '18 at 06:54
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@Arbaz.in https://stackoverflow.com/a/7424193/7666442 – AskNilesh Sep 04 '18 at 06:55
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Wow @NileshRathod Never knew that option existed. But the user will still be able to clear cache though? – pielbek pielkop Sep 04 '18 at 06:56
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@NileshRathod issue solved thanks – Arbaz.in Sep 04 '18 at 06:59
@Arbaz.in happy to hear that – AskNilesh Sep 04 '18 at 07:01
Just tried and I can confirm that it works. There are a bunch of useful properties in the Application Element https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element . In Android-O (8.0) the Clear Data is disabled, but can still Clear Cache which I "think" will not remove your preferences – pielbek pielkop Sep 04 '18 at 07:08

Prevent user to clear store preferences from app settings in android application.?

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