How do you save/store objects in SharedPreferences on Android?

Question

I need to get user objects in many places, which contain many fields. After login, I want to save/store these user objects. How can we implement this kind of scenario?

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Answer 1

Using Delegation Kotlin we can easily put and get data from shared preferences.

    inline fun  Context.sharedPrefs(key: String) = object : ReadWriteProperty {

        val sharedPrefs by lazy { this@sharedPrefs.getSharedPreferences("APP_DATA", Context.MODE_PRIVATE) }
        val gson by lazy { Gson() }
        var newData: T = (T::class.java).newInstance()

        override fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T {
            return getPrefs()
        }

        override fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
            this.newData = value
            putPrefs(newData)
        }

        fun putPrefs(value: T?) {
            sharedPrefs.edit {
                when (value) {
                    is Int -> putInt(key, value)
                    is Boolean -> putBoolean(key, value)
                    is String -> putString(key, value)
                    is Long -> putLong(key, value)
                    is Float -> putFloat(key, value)
                    is Parcelable -> putString(key, gson.toJson(value))
                    else          -> throw Throwable("no such type exist to put data")
                }
            }
        }

        fun getPrefs(): T {
            return when (newData) {
                       is Int -> sharedPrefs.getInt(key, 0) as T
                       is Boolean -> sharedPrefs.getBoolean(key, false) as T
                       is String -> sharedPrefs.getString(key, "") as T ?: "" as T
                       is Long -> sharedPrefs.getLong(key, 0L) as T
                       is Float -> sharedPrefs.getFloat(key, 0.0f) as T
                       is Parcelable -> gson.fromJson(sharedPrefs.getString(key, "") ?: "", T::class.java)
                       else          -> throw Throwable("no such type exist to put data")
                   } ?: newData
        }

    }

    //use this delegation in activity and fragment in following way
        var ourData by sharedPrefs("otherDatas")