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

This is the shared preferences code i use successfully, Refer this link:

  public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private static final int RESULT_SETTINGS = 1;
Button button;
public String a="dd";

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

 button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnoptions);


setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

  // showUserSettings();
  }

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.settings, menu);
return true;
 }

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {

case R.id.menu_settings:
 Intent i = new Intent(this, UserSettingActivity.class);
 startActivityForResult(i, RESULT_SETTINGS);
 break;

 }

return true;
}

@Override
 protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)     {
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

 switch (requestCode) {
 case RESULT_SETTINGS:
 showUserSettings();
 break;

 } 

  }

  private void showUserSettings() {
 SharedPreferences sharedPrefs = PreferenceManager
.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

 StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

 builder.append("\n Pet: "
  + sharedPrefs.getString("prefpetname", "NULL"));

 builder.append("\n Address:"
 + sharedPrefs.getString("prefaddress","NULL" ));

 builder.append("\n Your name: "
 + sharedPrefs.getString("prefname", "NULL"));

 TextView settingsTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textUserSettings);


  settingsTextView.setText(builder.toString());


    }

   }

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