I am writing an application with login details (username and password).
I want to make it so that when the user closes the application and starts it again later he/she d
Try this way: defined Preferences
first
private static final String PREFS_NAME = "preferences";
private static final String PREF_UNAME = "Username";
private static final String PREF_PASSWORD = "Password";
private final String DefaultUnameValue = "";
private String UnameValue;
private final String DefaultPasswordValue = "";
private String PasswordValue;
And onPause()
@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
savePreferences();
}
And onResume()
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
loadPreferences();
}
And here savePreferences()
private void savePreferences() {
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME,
Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
// Edit and commit
UnameValue = edt_username.getText();
PasswordValue = edt_password.getText();
System.out.println("onPause save name: " + UnameValue);
System.out.println("onPause save password: " + PasswordValue);
editor.putString(PREF_UNAME, UnameValue);
editor.putString(PREF_PASSWORD, PasswordValue);
editor.commit();
}
And here loadPreferences()
private void loadPreferences() {
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME,
Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
// Get value
UnameValue = settings.getString(PREF_UNAME, DefaultUnameValue);
PasswordValue = settings.getString(PREF_PASSWORD, DefaultPasswordValue);
edt_username.setText(UnameValue);
edt_password.setText(PasswordValue);
System.out.println("onResume load name: " + UnameValue);
System.out.println("onResume load password: " + PasswordValue);
}