Is it possible to add an array or object to SharedPreferences on Android

Question

I have an ArrayList of objects that have a name and an icon pointer and I want to save it in SharedPreferences. How can I do?

NOTE:

Answer 1

For writing:

 private  void storeData(String key, T data) {
    ByteArrayOutputStream serializedData = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    try {
        ObjectOutputStream serializer = new ObjectOutputStream(serializedData);
        serializer.writeObject(data);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(TAG, 0);
    SharedPreferences.Editor edit = sharedPreferences.edit();

    edit.putString(key, Base64.encodeToString(serializedData.toByteArray(), Base64.DEFAULT));
    edit.commit();
}

For reading:

private  T getStoredData(String key) {
    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(TAG, 0);
    String serializedData = sharedPreferences.getString(key, null);
    T storedData = null;
    try {
        ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.decode(serializedData, Base64.DEFAULT));
        ObjectInputStream inputStream = new ObjectInputStream(input);
        storedData = (T)inputStream.readObject();
    } catch (IOException|ClassNotFoundException|java.lang.IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return storedData;
}