How can I view the shared preferences file using Android Studio?

Question

I\'m using shared preferences to store certain values for my app. I would like to see the file where the info is actually stored on my phone. I found many ways to do this on

Answer 1

Stetho

You can use http://facebook.github.io/stetho/ for accessing your shared preferences while your application is in the debug mode. No Root

features:

1. view and edit sharedpreferences
2. view and edit sqLite db
3. view view heirarchy
4. monitor http network requests
5. view stream from the device's screen
6. and more....

Basic setup:

1. in the build.gradle add compile 'com.facebook.stetho:stetho:1.5.0'
2. in the application's onCreate() add Stetho.initializeWithDefaults(this);
3. in Chrome on your PC go to the chrome://inspect/

UPDATE: Flipper

Flipper is a newer alternative from facebook. It has more features but for the time writing is only available for Mac, slightly harder to configure and lacks data base debugging, while brining up extreamely enhanced layout inspector

You can also use @Jeffrey suggestion:

• Open Device File Explorer (Lower Right of screen)
• Go to data/data/com.yourAppName/shared_prefs