How to remember Value in andorid studio?

Question

I have created a login page which users can just enter their username (No passowrd or auth needed) and it will be displayed on the next activity. But every time you open the app you have to enter your username. How do i make it remember the username. (Language-Java)

Thanks!

(I am a beginner)

package com.example.app;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button btn;
    EditText et;
    String st;

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

        btn= findViewById(R.id.button);
        et=findViewById(R.id.edittext);

                btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View view) {
                        Intent i=new Intent(MainActivity.this, Welcome.class);
                                st=et.getText().toString();
                                i.putExtra("Value",st);
                                startActivity(i);
                                finish();

(This one is the activity where user enters their username)

package com.example.app;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Welcome extends AppCompatActivity {

    TextView tv;
    String st;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_welcome);
        tv=findViewById(R.id.textView);

        st=getIntent().getExtras().getString("Value");
        tv.setText(st);

    }
}

(This is the welcome activity)

Does this answer your question? [Android: Storing username and password?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1925486/android-storing-username-and-password) — rinz1er, Jul 12 '20 at 11:47
no sorry it does not answer it i am a compleate beginner and they dont really tell what exactly to do — David, Jul 12 '20 at 11:54
you can use shared preferences to persist your data (for example user name) — Shalan93, Jul 12 '20 at 13:36

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '20 at 12:03

I think you need to save the user username in Sharedpreferences and then when you start your app get the value from sharedpreferences and check if the value is null or empty then let the user enter his username else you can set the username from sharedpreferences .

Try this Code :

   ///save sharedpreferences
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = 
         getSharedPreferences("prefs",Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
        editor.putString("username","put here your username");
        editor.apply();


        ///get sharedpreferences
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences1 = 
        getSharedPreferences("prefs",Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
        String username = sharedPreferences1.getString("username","");
        tv.setText(username);

How to remember Value in andorid studio?

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