[Solved] Where to store app data?

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I recommend for you the SharedPreferences. This is an in Android simple class, that stores you data in Key-Value sets.

Here is the code:

SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());

This initialize your SharedPreferences. If you want to write/change a value, do this:

SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPref.edit();
editor.putInt("KEY_TO_VALUE", 123);
editor.commit();

You also can put in there other types of values, but than you need to call putString or putBoolean or even other types.

To read the value do this:

int a = prefs.getInt("KEY_TO_VALUE", 0);

This code need like always your parameter your Key and a the second parameter a default value.

Another tip for you is, that if you want to use this in a normal app with an easy UI there is something called PreferenceScreen.

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