/* * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.example.android.apis.app; // Need the following import to get access to the app resources, since this // class is in a sub-package. import com.example.android.apis.R; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.SharedPreferences; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.TextView; /** * Simple example of using persistent preferences to retain a screen's state. *

This can be used as an alternative to the normal * onSaveInstanceState() mechanism, if you * wish the state to persist even after an activity is finished.

* *

Note that using this approach requires more care, since you are sharing * the persistent state potentially across multiple instances of the activity. * In particular, if you allow a new instance of the activity to be launched * directly on top of the existing instance, the state can get out of sync * because the new instance is resumed before the old one is paused.

* *

For any persistent state that is not simplistic, a content * provider is often a better choice.

* *

In this example we are currently saving and restoring the state of the * top text editor, but not of the bottom text editor. You can see the difference * by editing the two text fields, then going back from the activity and * starting it again.

* *

Demo

* App/Activity/Save & Restore State * *

Source files

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src/com.example.android.apis/app/PersistentState.javaThe Save/Restore Screen implementation
/res/any/layout/save_restore_state.xmlDefines contents of the screen
* */ public class PersistentState extends Activity { /** * Initialization of the Activity after it is first created. Here we use * {@link android.app.Activity#setContentView setContentView()} to set up * the Activity's content, and retrieve the EditText widget whose state we * will persistent. */ @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // Be sure to call the super class. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // See assets/res/any/layout/save_restore_state.xml for this // view layout definition, which is being set here as // the content of our screen. setContentView(R.layout.save_restore_state); // Set message to be appropriate for this screen. ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.msg)).setText(R.string.persistent_msg); // Retrieve the EditText widget whose state we will save. mSaved = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.saved); } /** * Upon being resumed we can retrieve the current state. This allows us * to update the state if it was changed at any time while paused. */ @Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); SharedPreferences prefs = getPreferences(0); String restoredText = prefs.getString("text", null); if (restoredText != null) { mSaved.setText(restoredText, TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE); int selectionStart = prefs.getInt("selection-start", -1); int selectionEnd = prefs.getInt("selection-end", -1); if (selectionStart != -1 && selectionEnd != -1) { mSaved.setSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd); } } } /** * Any time we are paused we need to save away the current state, so it * will be restored correctly when we are resumed. */ @Override protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getPreferences(0).edit(); editor.putString("text", mSaved.getText().toString()); editor.putInt("selection-start", mSaved.getSelectionStart()); editor.putInt("selection-end", mSaved.getSelectionEnd()); editor.commit(); } private EditText mSaved; }