Store data in android studio by using sharedPreferences - android

When storing data in android studio using SharedPreferences. it store did not store the Newest value at first. I mean the data location does not update.
I want to newest store data in 1st location and the previously stored data automatics shift to the next location.
Example>
I enter/store first time a value in Edit Text. it stores in the first location but when I store the Second value. It did not update the first value location it store data in the second location.
btnSaved.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
editor.putInt("id", item.getId());
editor.putString("name", item.getName());
editor.putString("image", item.getImge());
editor.putString("status", item.getStatus());
editor.putString("timeStamp", item.getTimeStamp());
editor.putString("URL", item.getUrl());
editor.commit();

if you are new to android studio understand data storage options clearly.
this one will help.
if you are going to use id like "status", "email", "name" multiple times save them in a separate class as static final variables.
don't save variables like that make a separate class as User or something, set the value there, and save it as a JSON object.
like this
getAppPrefsEditor().putString("user", provideGson().toJson(object of YourClass)).apply();
and get them like this
String userStr = getAppPrefs().getString("user", null);
user = provideGson().fromJson(userStr, YourClass.class);
and you can get the value inside "user"
also there is some free cloud storage if you want to try you can check,
firebase is quite easy to start with.firebase web link

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Android Google Fit select max results

I try to develop some fitness application which will use Google Fit.
And i have one question. Assume that user make some sport activity a few days in a week. And want to show him his best result. The only way I know I can do this - is load all data from user history and then select the set with maximum value.
And its obvious that I dont like that method because of the fact that I should load all the history. (And the user can have history for a few years).
Another way is to store data in local database (so i dont need to load all history every time the user want to see his best result) and synch it with google fit data, but I think its too dificult.
Do we have some other options for that kind of tasks?
Use sharedpreferences to save the value,
To set value
SharedPreferences prefs = this.getSharedPreferences("myhighestscore", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putInt("key", score);
editor.commit();
To get value
SharedPreferences prefs = this.getSharedPreferences("myhighestscore", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
int score = prefs.getInt("key", 0);
here is a link.
Using Shared Preferences

How can I create a user-specific SharedPreference?

I'm trying to create a SharedPreference that is user specific. All I want to store is the layouts background depending on what is from the settings menu. How can I store and load SharedPreference depending on the Account being used?
You can use your user id as a key for SharedPreference and then save your user details as object in it's value.
In this way you store User data for all users locally.
/*Save the object in shared Preferences*/
public void saveObjectToPreferences(String key, Object value) {
final SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences(ApplicationConstants.PREF_FILE_CONFIG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
String jsonValue = new Gson().toJson(value);
editor.putString(key, jsonValue);
editor.apply();
}
/*Get the object from shared Preferences*/
public Object getObjectFromPreferences(String key, Object defaultObj) {
final SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences(ApplicationConstants.PREF_FILE_CONFIG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
String value = prefs.getString(key, "");
Object object = new Gson().fromJson(value, defaultObj.getClass());
return object;
}
Pass user id in key and details in object in these methods. it will work.
Could you add a value field that contains the users information? Then you would search for the username and check it's children for corresponding information. You might have to store information as objects then.
If you are using Shared Preferences, it should only contain a small amount of key-value pairs. Since you are using a local database, I suggest storing your values there instead. You could have a table for each type of information you want to store, say High Scores. You would need a "USERID" field so that when you perform a search on the Database you could use the where clause to specify which USERID to search for. Once you have searched for the user's information you can store into Shared Preferences to make it easier to work with and only have a small amount of data as opposed to everyone's data. Once you're done with using the information you would save the information back to the DB.

Android Saving data on Button

I have a button in a customView which has several numbers on it individually,it counts backward
now my program doesn't keep value on it when user taps back and closes the program How can I prevent this ?
You can pass value from one activity to other using intents. If you want to persist data,the simplest way to achieve this would be saving it in Shared Preferences.
Developer link has good information on how to implement this -
You can save the value Key, Value pair and then retrieve it when the app is up again.
you can Use SharedPreferences its easy to write and get.
You can create one like this
SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences("yours", MODE_PRIVATE);
and write to like this
SharedPreferences.Editor prefsEditor=prefs.edit();
prefsEditor.putString("what you want", "value of what you want");
prefsEditor.apply();
and retrive like this
String s=prefs.getString("what you want", "value to be retrived if failur happens in retreiving")
if the value not important after end the program you can save it into public static variable
but if you need the variable after end the program you can use SharedPreferences
follow this tutorial http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/SharedPreferences.html

Write File without MODE_WORLD_READ/WRITE

Okay, I have come across many tutorials on creating and writing/reading a file. What I want my Android app is to create a small text file where it will read and write some settings so my user information can be saved. The problem is every tutorial I have come across uses the SDcard (which allows the user and any other app to read) or use MODE_WORLD_READABLE which makes any app read off of it.
I was wondering how I can create and read/write my file but private or atleast keep it on the internal storage of the phone.
Here's an easy example. To read a preference do this:
SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences("YourAppName", MODE_PRIVATE);
String thisString = preferences.getString("KeyForThisString", "default");
You can getInt, getLong, etc.
To store the preferences, use these lines:
SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences("YourAppName",MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
editor.putString("KeyForThisString", thisString);
editor.commit();
As before, you can putInt, putLong, etc.
The available methods for this API are here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/SharedPreferences.html
dont know how to use it much and from what im seeing at least, its not much of a difference unless im wrong.
I still recommend to use SharedPreferences technique. It's explicitly easy and save a lot of time.
You can use it to save any primitive data: booleans, floats, ints, longs, and strings.
For example, you can do that each time when user invokes any changes to your Application because it's high performance technique. By this way even on crash all edited info will be stored.
Suppose you have an Activity.
Use this method where data is your String that you wanted to save to file.
private void saveInfo(String data){
String key = "myKey";
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = mPrefs.edit();
editor.putString(key , data);
editor.commit();
}
Now, when you launch your application again onCreate method invoked and you can load your information back:
private void loadInfo(){
String key = "myKey";
SharedPreferences mPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences(LauncherUI.PREFS_NAME, 0);
String yourData = mPrefs.getString(key, ""); // "" means if no data found, replace it with empty string
}
Here is a link to 5 types to store data: Storage Options

Start a specific part of an application only one time after installation

On my app I've got a Database which i have to fill one time with some entries. I have packed this step in my splashscreen. Now I got the problem every time i open up my application it puts again all entries to my database.
I'm looking for a way to let this happen only on the really first time the app gets opend. But i don't find out, how i can realize this.
I'm happy over every input and Idea!
Have a nice day
safari
Notes
I had an idea to realize that. I make a boolean in my SplashScreen, which takes a look at the database table if there is nothin, it inputs all the entries and makes a mark in a table that its filled like yes.
Afterwards if i open the app again it takes a look at the database if theres a yes or what ever i definied, it doesn't put again all entries in my database.
Sorry for that crappy definition of what my idea is, my english isnt the best.
I'm searching for an easier way than this.
why not have a startup activity that checks if the app is launched for the first time ( and stores the value in the app preferences ) and either forwards to the database setup activity or to the main activity....
Here's a sample on how to read and write to the preferences:
Define preference key:
public static final String KEY_APP_IS_INITIALIZED = "APP_INITIALIZED";
read boolean value from preferences:
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
boolean appIsInitialized = prefs.getBoolean(KEY_APP_IS_INITIALIZED, false);
store boolean value to preferences:
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putBoolean(KEY_APP_IS_INITIALIZED, true);
editor.commit();
Launching the activities:
Intent intent = new Intent(startup_activity,
db_initialized ?
MainActivity.class :
DbInitActivity.class);
startup_activity.startActivity(intent);
You could use SharedPreferences to store a boolean value which indicates if the database is already filled.
You can store the data using this code:
SharedPreferences pref = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = pref.edit();
editor.putBoolean(key, value);
editor.commit();
and then when you start the application you just read your value using:
SharedPreferences pref = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE);
pref.getBoolean(value, false);
// Check if DB is set up on start
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("yourappidentifiername",MODE_PRIVATE);
String DbSetUp = settings.getString("dbsetup", "no");
// DbSetUp is "no" or "yes"
// Set that DB is set up
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("yourappidentifiername",MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
editor.putString("dbsetup", "yes");
editor.commit();
Not an optimal solution, but you could check for one of your entries, if they don't exist, add them to your DB, otherwise ignore them.
Try this....
Have one bool value in shared preferences.
Check that variable is set or not on each start of the application.
if not set then set it and perform db operation.
if set don't do db operation just go to next steps.
I've got an idea, reading other answers.
Use a version for the database to write in the sharedpreference, so next time you'll need to update the database, just delete the old one and refill the new one with you data.
public void populateResDB(int version){
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
int resDbVersion = prefs.getInt("ResDBVersion", 1);
if(resDbVersion<version){
//Populate database here
//Delete table/db
//Populate the table/database with new or updated data
//Update ResDBVersion for the next time
Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putInt("ResDBVersion", version);
editor.commit();
}else{
//installed db has the same version as the one we want to install
//so, do nothing.
}
}
I'm trying it now, not yet tested.
In the onCreate of the splash activity use:
populateResDB(1); //1 is for the first time, increase it manually
You can use method onCreate in your database helper - it's used only, when new database is created, so I think that is what you're looking for.

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