Yes, appending "| 0x4" will result in the same value. Cheers, Michael mictale.com/ms --
On May 15, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Gary Blakely <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > Sorry but I don't understand your example. You are specifying MODE_PRIVATE > which is what I am doing... > > SharedPreferences myMemory = getSharedPreferences("myMemory", MODE_PRIVATE); > > Are you saying that if I specify "| 0x4" (don't know what that means) that it > will be the same as specifying MODE_MULTI_PROCESS? > btw, I'm targeting 2.33 gingerbread. > Gary > > On Monday, May 13, 2013 11:59:32 PM UTC-7, Michael Schollmeyer wrote: > I do something like this: > > prefs = context.getSharedPreferences(context.getPackageName() + > "_preferences", Context.MODE_PRIVATE | 0x4); // Context.MODE_MULTI_PROCESS > > Which also compiles in earlier API levels. The additional flag does no harm > in pre-level-11 runtimes. > > Also notice that OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener will not trigger across > processes. > > > On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:29:37 AM UTC+2, Gary Blakely wrote: > My app originally had an activity and a service running in the same process. > When I first wrote it I specified sharedPreferences with MODE_PRIVATE. The > app has grown, and for reasons beyond the scope of this post, I now need to > run my service in a different process. > > I found I can do this by specifying a name starting with a colon in the > android:process statement in my manifest file. > > However now my activity and my service are no longer reading the same > sharedPreferences. Researching this problem I see many reccommendations to > use MODE_MULTI_PROCESS. But I cannot figure out how to spedify it. > > SharedPreferences myMemory = getSharedPreferences("myMemory", > MODE_MULTI_PROCESS); > > This does not work because Eclipse can't find MODE_MULTI_PROCESS like it can > find MODE_PRIVATE or MODE_WORLD_READABLE. I don't know where the ENUM for > MODE_MULTI_PROCESS is. > > So, how can I specify MODE_MULTI_PROCESS ?? > thanks, Gary > > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/4K-boEk41q8/unsubscribe?hl=en. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
