What are the PreferenceManager and SharedPreference classes used for in Android?

Question

I\'ve come across two classes being used in a tutorial on splash screens PreferenceManager and SharedPreferences. I didn\'t gain a great deal of knowledge about them from th

Answer 1

SharedPreference APIs are used to save key-value pairs. They store them in files and are private or public based on the mode you instantiate the SharedPreference object. They are used to store a small set of key-value pairs. This key here is of type String and the value can be any primitive type.

PreferenceManager is part of the Preference APIs. Preference API allows you to define a complete settings UI. This settings UI is an XML layout. You use a PreferenceManager to manage this Preference object's tree. It uses the SharedPreference APIs to store the various settings a user might change using that graphical layout you created.

Reference - "Android Docs Training"