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Android Android Data Persistence Key-Value Saving with SharedPreferences Adding a Storage Preference

Evan Dix
Evan Dix
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Posted by Evan Dix
Evan Dix
1,641 Points

Will my saved shared prefs be there even after the app is closed?

I am saving a string in my shared prefs. Lets say the user closes the app and opens another app. Then they go back to the shared prefs app. With the string they committed to the shared prefs still be there??

1 Answer

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Hey Evan Dix,

There are a few ways to persist data in Android. The SharedPreferences class is one of those ways!

Once you use commit() to save your data, you can retrieve it after your app has been closed, your process has been killed (by the user or the system), or the user powers off his/her device.

I recommend that you read this doc, specifically under the Shared Preferences header.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html

Keep coding!