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Android - Home
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Android - User Interface

Android - UI Layouts
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Android - Event Handling
Android - Styles and Themes
Android - Custom Components

Android Advanced Concepts

Android - Drag and Drop


Android - Notifications
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Android - Data Backup
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Android - NFC Guide
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Android - Shared Preferences Tutorial

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Android provides many ways of storing data of an application. One of this way is called Shared Preferences.
Shared Preferences allow you to save and retrieve data in the form of key,value pair.
In order to use shared preferences , you have to call a method getSharedPreferences() that returns a
SharedPreference instance pointing to the file that contains the values of preferences.
SharedPreferences sharedpreferences = getSharedPreferences(MyPREFERENCES, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

The first parameter is the key and the second parameter is the MODE. Apart from private there are other modes
available that are listed below:
Sr.No

Mode and description

MODE_APPEND

This will append the new preferences with the already existing preferences
2

MODE_ENABLE_WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING

Database open flag. When it is set , it would enable write ahead logging by default
3

MODE_MULTI_PROCESS

This method will check for modification of preferences even if the sharedpreference instance has
already been loaded
4

MODE_PRIVATE

By setting this mode , the file can only be accessed using calling application
5

MODE_WORLD_READABLE

This mode allow other application to read the preferences


6

MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE

This mode allow other application to write the preferences

You can save something in the sharedpreferences by using SharedPreferences.Editor class. You will call the edit
method of SharedPreference instance and will receive it in an editor object. Its syntax is
Editor editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
editor.putString("key", "value");
editor.commit();

Apart from the putString method , there are methods available in the editor class that allows manipulation of

data inside shared preferences. They are listed as follows:


Sr.
NO

Mode and description

apply()

It is an abstract method. It will commit your changes back from editor to the sharedPreference object
you are calling
2

clear()

It will remove all values from the editor


3

remove(String key)

It will remove the value whose key has been passed as a parameter
4

putLong(String key, long value)

It will save a long value in a preference editor


5

putInt(String key, int value)

It will save a integer value in a preference editor


6

putFloat(String key, float value)

It will save a float value in a preference editor

Example
This example demonstrates the use of the Shared Preferences. It display a screen with some text fields , whose

value are saved when the application is closed and brought back when it is opened again .
To experiment with this example , you need to run this on an actual device on after developing the application
according to the steps below:
Steps

Description

You will use Android studio to create an Android application under a package
com.example.sairamkrishna.myapplication. While creating this project, make sure you Target SDK and
Compile With at the latest version of Android SDK to use higher levels of APIs.

Modify src/MainActivity.java file to add progress code to display the spinning progress dialog.

Modify res/layout/activity_main.xml file to add respective XML code.

Run the application and choose a running android device and install the application on it and verify the results.

Following is the content of the modified MainActivity.java.


package com.example.sairamkrishna.myapplication;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
EditText ed1,ed2,ed3;
Button b1;
public static final String MyPREFERENCES = "MyPrefs" ;

public static final String Name = "nameKey";


public static final String Phone = "phoneKey";
public static final String Email = "emailKey";
SharedPreferences sharedpreferences;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ed1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
ed2=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);
ed3=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText3);
b1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
sharedpreferences = getSharedPreferences(MyPREFERENCES, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
b1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String n = ed1.getText().toString();
String ph = ed2.getText().toString();
String e = ed3.getText().toString();
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
editor.putString(Name, n);
editor.putString(Phone, ph);
editor.putString(Email, e);
editor.commit();
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Thanks",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
@Override

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {


// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();

//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

Following is the content of the modified main activity file res/layout/activiy_main.xml.


<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Shared Preference "
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textSize="35dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Tutorials Point"
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textSize="35dp"

android:textColor="#ff16ff01" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_marginTop="67dp"
android:hint="Name"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/editText2"
android:layout_below="@+id/editText"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:hint="Pass" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/editText3"
android:layout_below="@+id/editText2"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:hint="Email" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save"
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_below="@+id/editText3"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp" />
</RelativeLayout>

Following is the content of the modified content of file res/values/strings.xml.


<resources>
<string name="app_name">My Application</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
</resources>

Following is the content default file AndroidManifest.xml.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.sairamkrishna.myapplication" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Let's try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your
computer. To run the app from Android studio, open one of your project's activity files and click Run

icon from

the toolbar. Before starting your application, Android studio will display following window to select an option
where you want to run your Android application.

Select your mobile device as an option and then check your mobile device which will display following screen
Now just put in some text in the field. Like i put some random name and other information and click on save
button.

Now when you press save button , the text will be saved in the shared preferences. Now press back button and
exit the application. Now open it again and you will see all the text you have written back in your application.

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