Maintaining Session or State for username in android application

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In web development we have usually seen we use session or cookies to maintain username, and it remains there unless we destroy it or server removes it, i am making an android application, i have a login and a password, what i want is to just, if i get logged in, it should save my username in something similar to session or cookie, and if i move anywhere among intents or screens, it should not be destroyed and i must be able to access it any where. What's the best approach to implement it?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '11 at 12:45

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store your username & password or session id in SharedPreferences on success

answered Dec 23 '11 at 12:45

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '11 at 12:45

It depends how permanently persisted you want to store the information. If you need it to be remembered after the app is closed you'll need a persitant store but you should ensure that the password is encrypted.

If it's only for the running life of the app you could hold the information in static properties on a class.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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The best way is to store in in SharedPrefences. See this tutorial. Also use MD5 or SHA algorithm for encrypting. See this

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Dec 23 '11 at 13:13

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Maintaining Session or State for username in android application

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