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Android Android Activity Lifecycle Introducing SharedPreferences Saving and Retrieving Data with SharedPreferences

Varun Singh
Varun Singh
1,905 Points

I am getting a end of the file error..Please help

import android.view.View; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends Activity { private static final String PREFS_FILE = ""; private static final String KEY_CHECKBOX = "key_checkbox"; private SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences; private SharedPreferences.Editor mEditor; public CheckBox mCheckBox;

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

mCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBox);
mSharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_FILE, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
mEditor = mSharedPreferences.edit();
boolean mCheckBoxValue = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean("key_checkbox", false);

} protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); mEditor.putBoolean("key_checkbox",mCheckBox.isChecked()); mEditor.apply(); }

MainActivity.java
import android.view.View;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  private static final String PREFS_FILE = "";
  private static final String KEY_CHECKBOX = "key_checkbox";
  private SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
  private SharedPreferences.Editor mEditor;
  public CheckBox mCheckBox;

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

    mCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBox);
    mSharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_FILE, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    mEditor = mSharedPreferences.edit();
    boolean mCheckBoxValue = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean("key_checkbox", false);


  }
  protected void onPause()
  {
    super.onPause();
    mEditor.putBoolean("key_checkbox",mCheckBox.isChecked());
    mEditor.apply();
}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

You're missing a } at the end of onPause().

Varun Singh
Varun Singh
1,905 Points

Thanks Seth !! Yay i finished sharedpreferences :)