PS: forgot to add one more question to the trailing mail:

4. Shared Preferences data becomes persistent once committed. What is the
persistence scope ? Is the data persistent across application re-start ?

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Android Development
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Shared Preferences are accessible to all clients (a single instance of the
> preferences).
>
> I wanted to understand the following:
>
> 1. Are these preferences shared across android applications or only within
> the given application ? I saw a note in the documentation that read:
>
> Note: currently this class does not support use across multiple processes.
> This will be added later.
> *
> *
> So i assume that this is not possible (across application interaction) but
> might be made possible in future releases ?
>
> 2. Are there any best practices on what should be inserted in the
> SharedPreferences (if any) from a performance perspective (fast lookups) ?
>
> 3. Is the data stored in SharedPreferences secure ? Can I store passwords,
> license keys etc in it ?
>
> Best Regards and Wishes for the New Year...
>
> Indodroid.
>

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