How to save preferences composed of 2 strings and display them? - android

I am currently creating an android application. This application should allow users to enter a RSS feed URL and save it as a preference. I know how to save basic preferences (Strings, booleans...) using a key/value attributes. My problem here is I want to save as one preference the URL of the RSS feed and the name of the website (e.g http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss --> CNN top stories).
So in this case a single preference is composed with 2 strings and I don't know how to do that.
I found a JSON module making possible to save objects as preferences but I would like to avoid using any modules for this app.
Is it possible to do what I want without external modules and if yes, could you please help me with this issue ?

I feel like you are overthinking this. Instead, consider this approach:
String rssUrl = "someUrlHere";
String rssWebsite = "Some website name here";
//Now, you can use a delimiter before storing your two values
String rssUrlAndWebsite = rssUrl + "," + rssWebsite;
//Now you can store this using one key.
//When you want to read them out, you can use your key to get the value and simply split using the delimiter and there, you will have two values!
I hope this helps;
Alternatively, you could store the two values in a table!

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Android Saving Information To Device

I'm making an Android application and want to create a "Favorites" list for some objects in the app. I wanna make the list accessible and editable in all my activities and I can't really figure out the best way to do this.
Shared preferences? Writing a small txt file to the device? What's the fastest way to do this?
Thanks in advance!
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1'
}
Then when you want to save, convert your array into String:
ArrayList<Type> yourData = new ArrayList<Type>();
String dataStr = new Gson().toJson(yourData);
//put this dataStr in your shared preferences as String
To retrieve and convert back to an object is also simple:
String str = "";
//you need to retrieve this string from shared preferences.
Type type = new TypeToken<ArrayList<Type>>() { }.getType();
ArrayList<Type> restoreData = new Gson().fromJson(str, type);
If you want to create a Favorites list, use a SQLite Database.
There's really only four ways to store data.
Shared Preferences
Databases
Local files
Remote Server - Slowest since it depends on network connection, so let's skip this.
Between the remaining 3, SharedPreferences is a great option when used to store a single value. However, it's not a good option for storing a Favorites list, mainly because you can only store a single String.
You can still store it by combining all items in your list into one string, then splitting it each time. However, as your Favorites list gets larger, this single long String will too. Splitting and combining all the time isn't efficient.
SharedPreferences is still a decent option if you only have to store the Favorite's list, but since you want to edit it too, it becomes a less attractive solution.
Local Files and Databases are the better options, however local files require you to read in the file each time you want to use it. This process of reading and writing to a file isn't as efficient as using a Database, especially if you want to edit. For example, let's say you want to remove an item from the middle of your Favorite's list. This would require you to read in the file, edit it, then write the change into the file again. Not too pleasant when compared with the ease of the final solution.
Databases are the best option for this, mainly because it's designed to manage data. You can create a single Favorite's table and add each item as it's own individual row. Fetching the entire table becomes quick and easy. Fetching a single item becomes quick and easy. Adding a new item or removing a new item is also quick and easy.

What is the alternative for storing set in sharedPreference using only api 8 in android?

using Set in sharedpreference is API lv11;
i have a project need to parse to many types of nested items
and need to save it to sharedpreference using only string,
the xml items is very complicated to save as a normal string to
sharedpreference, if i use normal string it need to create
so many sharedpreference names and values,
My question is, is JSON is the alternative because its string is
like a list so that i can read easily the items in per category.
You may want to consider using internal storage over SharedPreferences.
Here is more information on internal storage.
Yes you can use JSON as a string and save it to the SharedPreference that is because JSON is faster , smaller and less verbose structure than XML.

can i store two or more values with same key using SharedPreferences in android?

can i store two or more values with same key using SharedPreferences in android? If no, please tell me how to store values of username, first name, password etc when many users register in registration app?
Ex:
person A registered with username="john12", first name="john" and DOB="06/06/2000".
person B registered with username="arun89", first name="arun" and DOB="08/11/1989".
Now, I want to store these values in SharedPreferences and retrieve them later. Is it possible using SharedPreferences? If not, Please tell me how to do in other way.
Thank you in advance.
I woud consider creating a JSONObject and add the fields you want to store as a key:value pair.
json.putString(key, value);
You can then store the json object in it's string representation with json.toString() and restore it later with
JSONObject jo = new JSONObject(jsonString);
String value = jo.getString(key);
JSONObject also offeres different data types beside strings.
It really depends on how much data you want to store. Depending on that I would choose SharedPreferences or a SQLite implementation.
You cannot store these values directly (as ones added latter will overwrite previously added) but you can always store Parcelable and put your data into it
For your case it is better use SQLIte database.But if you want to use shared preference it is still possible.You have to use a key with additional index to remember different user like
UserName1:arun
UserName2:john
You have to remember the total number of user.Then can maintain all of them.you can also use other data structure like hashmap to maintain data for the shared preference.
I dont't think it is possible, as you don't know the number of users.
You could try to separate the users with commas, but that's lame.
You should consider using SQLite database.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase.html
Then you have to store a array List of user objects first create a class userInfo then create a array List type of userInfo then store the data in this list and put a serialize-able object in SharedPreferences.
You can also store them on a single key called "registers" as string. Concatenate each register to preference. Put ";" (or any other characther you want) between each register. Then parse the string and use the values.
Key: registers
Value: "username=john12, first name=john, DOB=06/06/2000;username=mike12, first name=mike, DOB=06/07/2012"
Using split method of String will give you a list of registers as String.
registers.split(";");
Splitting again with "," will give you properties of each register.

Android: Can I save more than one SharedPreference entry to a file?

This is the problem:
I have a form for inputting names, then saves it, then displays it in another activity. But once I try to enter another name, the previous name is overwritten by the new name.
Is there a way to set these names up to list themselves one after another without overwriting each other in SharedPreferences?
You can as long as they have distinct names. Ig you need multiple values for same name, you can store JSON array or use some form of prefix / suffix solution to provide unique names
Either do it like Konstantin Pribluda suggested, or you might think of using the SQLite, if you have a lot of names you want to store (e.g. if creating a history of typed in names). That way you can store unlimited values for the same key and retrieve them as a list/cursor.
But of course that's overkill if you only have 2-3 names…
you can also save a Set of Strings in the SharedPreferences.

Android daily update text app

I'm currently trying to think of the best way to program an app which simply has text and images that update every day to different content. Would the best way to do this be to store all of the items in an array and then call upon each according to the phone's clock? Or is there a better or simpler way of doing this?
If you need to know I'm using Eclipse to program the app.
You could have the app check for updates each day or you could make a mobile website and use a webview to display the site ,and just update the site daily
Since you are using text and images, I would recommend storing them in your app's SharedPreferences. These keep data stored that your app can easily access to view or change. You can store text and bitmaps easily. For text:
SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences("MySharedPreferences", Activity.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor preferences = prefs.edit();
String firstString = prefs.getString("MyFirstString");
//check if firstString has changed on the server
//for example, set a new String that you retrieve from the server to firstStringMaybe
if (firstString != firstStringMaybe) { //meaning you need to update firstString
prefs.putString("MyFirstString", firstStringMaybe);
prefs.commit();
}
Bitmaps storage is much more complicated, because you need to first Serialize the bitmap, then store it as a String. This probably means creating a new class that contains the bitmap object and implements Serializable. There are many examples available for how to do this:
http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2011/06/serializing-and-de-serializing-android-graphics-bitmap/
android how to save a bitmap - buggy code

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