never mind, it was a bug in my code that was affecting the way I was loading the preferences. Thanks!
On Dec 18, 5:54 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to ensure the data is saved, it must be done in onPause(). > Under low memory situations, an activity can be killed before its onStop() > is called. > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Generally, I recommend PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences() > > to get the SharedPreferences, as that will be the one that > > PreferenceActivity uses. Otherwise, your code seems fine. However, > > bear in mind that onDestroy() is not guaranteed to be called, so you > > may be better served writing them in onStop(), anyway. > > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM, neuromit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been trying to save some state variables in the SharedPrefs, this > > > seems to work fine when onPause, and onStop are called but not when > > > OnDestroy() is called. When that happens the next time my activity > > > loads the preference values have disappeared. > > > > Here is the code I use to save the variables: > > > > SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("PrivateVariables", > > > MODE_PRIVATE); > > > SharedPreferences.Editor prefEditor = settings.edit(); > > > prefEditor.putBoolean("playingState", playingState); > > > prefEditor.putString("songInfo", songInfo); > > > prefEditor.commit(); > > > > and here is how I retrieve them: > > > > prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context); > > > playingState = prefs.getBoolean("playingState", true); > > > songInfo = prefs.getString("songInfo", " No Value "); > > > > Is anything I'm doing obviously wrong? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguy > >http://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 > > Available! > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
