Providing test data for SharedPreferences for Robolectric

Question

Just started to use Robolectric and it seems to be pretty much what I need. However, I\'ve hit a bit of a roadblock with regards to the use of SharedPreferences.

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Answer 1

The accepted answer which I have up voted is right of course. Things have changed slightly if you are using Robolectric 3

 SharedPreferences sharedPreferences =
     RuntimeEnvironment.application.getSharedPreferences(
         "you_custom_pref_name", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

You can then add a preference as usual

 sharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean(
    activity.getString(R.string.pref_somepref), true).commit();