In android is there any way to preserve SharedPreferences after an uninstall

Question

I am keeping some application meta data in SharedPreferences. Whenever I uninstall the application and reinstall it, the SharedPreferences are dele

Answer 1

This is actually built-in, you just need to implement a couple of classes to enable it. Data will be backed up and linked to the user's Google account, so it will be automatically restored if they install the app on a new device, re-install, etc.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html