So what would you recommend as a way to persist a number of primitives such as integers and booleans? I agree that this is not a preference but it is data that needs to be persisted and shared across activities and services within the app.
>>>>> "IV" == Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]> writes: IV> Although I will not pretend to carry the well-deserved air of IV> authority on such issues that Mark does, I will add one small IV> point: in general, just as you can use a screwdriver as a hammer IV> in a pinch, but it is not a good idea, so with any tool, it IV> should be used for the purpose it was designed for. Now in this IV> case, even the very name of the class 'Shared Preferences', tells IV> us what it was designed for: shared preferences. Using it for IV> anything else should be expected to be sub-optimal, even if you IV> have been able to get away with it so far. IV> Likewise, similar to Mark's warning about it becoming an IV> 'albatross', in a future version, SharedPreferences might work as IV> expected ONLY for data that is truly preference data, and work IV> well only if it is shared. By giving it this name Google is IV> making a commitment that it will always work well for shared IV> preferences. No such commitment is made for using IV> SharedPreferences for generic data persistence. IV> On Feb 24, 12:36 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:30:53 PM UTC, Mark Murphy (a Commons >> Guy) >> wrote: >> >> So, it's mostly paranoia, with a side order of data model ick. For the> >> OP's roster of three booleans, as with your "one-off data items", it's >> > probably OK. >> >> Thanks for sharing that insight, Mark. I think I see where your paranoia is >> heading, and I'll try to keep it in mind as I use SharedPrefs moving >> forward. >> >> We now return you to your originally scheduled topic... Jake, since it >> seems >> like your code works in 2.2 but not 1.6, are you familiar with the Service >> changes that occurred in 2.0? Not sure if there's anything to it which >> affects your code, but you can read more >> here:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/02/service-api-changes-st... >> >> String IV> -- IV> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google IV> Groups "Android Developers" group. IV> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] IV> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to IV> [email protected] IV> For more options, visit this group at IV> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer -- 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
