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Android

Posted by james white
james white
78,399 Points

initializing the mSharedPreferences variable w/ the appropriate method from PreferenceManager. context as the parameter

Key-Value Saving with SharedPreferences

Storing a value in shared preferences challenge: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/android-data-persistence/keyvalue-saving-with-sharedpreferences/storing-a-value-in-sharedpreferences

I ended up using this stackoverflow thread to find the answer

to part 1 of the challenge: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14179060/preference-manager-and-shared-preferences

SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
mSharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences( context );
SharedPreferences.Editor editor;

From the code in this stackoverflow thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9471406/choosing-a-layout-error

I got this code:

editor = mSharedPreferences.edit();

Then for the rest of this code this forum post solved the issue of how to use commit properly

(using "fluent interface" "method chaining"

who knew?) :

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/meaningoflife-answer

SharedPreferences.Editor editableSharedPreferences = mSharedPreferences
  .edit()
  .putInt("MeaningOfLife",42);
  editableSharedPreferences.commit();

If only the video transcripts where just a little more helpful

I wouldn't have to use my general internet research skills as much...

MUZ140292 Shepherd Kalinchenga
MUZ140292 Shepherd Kalinchenga
4,985 Points

This helped me a lot with the challenge....thanks for posting this

Kien Doan
Kien Doan
17,538 Points
Kien Doan
Kien Doan
17,538 Points

This too works well.

SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
SharedPreferences.Editor editor;

mSharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
editor = mSharedPreferences.edit();
editor.putInt("MeaningOfLife", 42);
editor.commit();