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SharedPreferences allows you to save and retrieve persistent key-value pairs of primitive data types in Android applications. It can be used either inside a single app or shared between multiple apps.

SharedPreferences allows you to save and retrieve persistent key-value pairs of primitive data types in Android applications. It can be used either inside a single app or shared between multiple apps.

You can learn more about SharedPreferences under the Data Storage section in the Android documentation.

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Does the presenter having knowledge of the Activity / Context a bad idea in the MVP pattern?

I've been playing around with the MVP pattern for a few weeks now and I've come to the point where I need context to start a service and access Shared Preferences. I've read that the purpose of MVP is to decouple the view from the logic and having…
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How to examine SharedPreferences from adb shell?

Now that we can Examining sqlite3 Databases from a Remote Shell, is it possible to examine SharedPreferences from adb shell? Since it would be much more convenient to examine and manipulate SharedPreferences from command line when debugging. Or put…
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PreferenceFragment - Difference between getPreferenceManager() and getPreferenceScreen()?

I've implemented my own PreferenceFragment subclass (detailed here), and want to listen for preference changes within it. PreferenceFragment provides you with two ways of doing…
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LiveData with shared preferences

I have a settings screen where I am setting some values. When I set those values it gets saved in shared preferences and these values are needed in my request to the network api call as parameters. Now I can use a listener for shared preferences in…
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java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported

The exception only occurs in Android 7.0 Nougat (emulator) devices. java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported My code: public void SessionMaintainence(Context context) { this.context = context; preferences =…
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setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled() not working in PreferenceActivity

I have a SettingsActivity which extends PreferenceActivity to show settings in my app. There is a back arrow, but it is not working. Here's SettingsActivity.java file's code: public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity implements…
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What's the difference between getDefaultSharedPreferences() and getPreferences()?

I'm currently taking the "Developing Android Apps" Udacity course. In the "Lesson 3: New Activities and Intents > Use SharedPreferences" segment, the instructor asked me to dig around the Android Developer site for how to get the user preferences…
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How to convert Drawable into int and vice versa in Android

I want to convert Drawable into int and then vice versa.Basically I want to save Arraylist object into sharedPrefrence. For that purpose I have Implement Gson to Srtring convertion Method. If I use here Drawable instead of int then Gson String…
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Android preferences - what is the difference?

What is the difference, when I get preferences as: PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext()); and getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
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PreferenceDataStore in Android O

I read this article https://medium.com/@ianhlake/hidden-gems-of-android-o-7def63136629 . This is what is written there: SharedPreferences is dead. Long live SharedPreferences. Will SharedPreferences keep working in Android O ? Do we need to…
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Android preferences adding unwanted chars

I have a big problem with the SharedPreferences in Android. The preferences are adding unwanted chars to one of my string values once the application is closed. Actually it is a configurable escape sequence. I have a simple setup, a MainActivity…
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StrictMode: StrictModeDiskReadViolation when creating SharedPreference

I have a project with dagger setup with following provider method: @Module(...) abstract class AppModule { @Module companion object { ... @Provides @Singleton @JvmStatic fun provideSharedPreferences(@AppContext context:…
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What does it mean by VM wide cookie management?

I am learning to store cookies in Android and came across several ways of implementing it. One of them being the use of CookieManager and CookieStore. As I was going through Android docs, I came across the following statement: To establish and…
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What is the difference between Preferences and SharedPreferences in Android?

What is the difference between java.util.prefs.Preferences and android.content.SharedPreferences? Looks like they are for similar things - you can put and get a value by a key in both of them, but Preferences looks like something more difficult and…
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Android project with different modules(sharedPreferences)

Does anyone know if android supports sharing the same sharedpreference across multiple Android Modules compiled in one project? i have two shared preferences and currently when i try to access some data from a shared prefence outside of the current…
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