shared preference in android code example

Example 1: get preference value android

boolean mBoolean = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(yourContext).getBoolean(key, defaultValue); //getBoolean will return defaultValue is key isn't found
//you can also use getInt, getFloat, getLong, getString, getStringSet and change the variable type, of course

Example 2: store data in sharedpreferences android

// MY_PREFS_NAME - a static String variable like: 
//public static final String MY_PREFS_NAME = "MyPrefsFile";
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getSharedPreferences(MY_PREFS_NAME, MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
 editor.putString("name", "Elena");
 editor.putInt("idName", 12);
 editor.apply();

Example 3: set preference value android

boolean committed = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(yourContext).edit().putBoolean(key, mValue).commit();
//you can also use putInt, putFloat, putLong, putString, putStringSet and change the value of mValue
//committed is true if everything went alright, false if there was an error