Data Persistence

PERSISTENCE IS "THE CONTINUANCE OF AN EFFECT AFTER ITS CAUSE IS REMOVED".

IN THE CONTEXT OF STORING DATA IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM, THIS MEANS THAT THE
DATA SURVIVES AFTER THE PROCESS WITH WHICH IT WAS CREATED HAS ENDED.
Data persistence

 Data persistence involves saving data in a non-volatile storage system so that the

data's value can be retrieved reliably later .
SAVING AND LOADING USER
PREFERENCES

 Android provides the SharedPreferences object to help you save simple application
data. Using the SharedPreferences object, you can save the data you want through the use
of key/value pairs — specify a key for the data you want to save, and then both it and its
value will be saved automatically to an XML file
TRY IT OUT: Saving Data Using the
SharedPreferences Object

 You can use gson.jar to store class objects into SharedPreferences. You can download
this jar from google-gson
 Or add the GSON dependency in your Gradle file:

 implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.8'
 Creating a shared preference:

 SharedPreferences mPrefs = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE);

To save:

 MyObject myObject = new MyObject;

 //set variables of 'myObject', etc.

 Editor prefsEditor = mPrefs.edit();

 Gson gson = new Gson();
 String json = gson.toJson(myObject);
 prefsEditor.putString("MyObject", json);
 prefsEditor.commit();
To retrieve:

 Gson gson = new Gson();

 String json = mPrefs.getString("MyObject", "");
 MyObject obj = gson.fromJson(json, MyObject.class);
main.xml fi le

 In the main.xml fi le, add the following code in bold (replacing the existing TextView):
 <?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
 android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
 android:layout_height=”fill_parent”
 android:orientati ion=”vertical” >
main.xml fi le

 <Button
 android:id=”@+id/btnPreferences”
 android:text=”Load Preferences Screen”
 android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
 android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
 android:onClick=”onClickLoad”/>
main.xml fi le

 <Button
 android:id=”@+id/btnDisplayValues”
 android:text=”Display Preferences Values”
 android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
 android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
 android:onClick=”onClickDisplay”/>
 <EditText
 android:id=”@+id/txtString”
 android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
 android:layout_height=”wrap_content”/>
main.xml file

 <Button
 android:id=”@+id/btnModifyValues”
 android:text=”Modify Preferences Values”
 android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
 android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
 android:onClick=”onClickModify”/>
 </LinearLayout>
package

 Add the following lines in bold to the UsingPreferencesActivity.java fi le:

 package net.learn2develop.UsingPreferences;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.View;
 public class UsingPreferencesActivity extendds Activity {
package

 /** Called when the activity is first created. */

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.main);
 }


 public void onClickLoad(View view) {

 Intent i = new Intent(“net.learn2develop.AppPreferenceActivity”);
 startActivity(i);
 }
 }