What will happen to the SharedPreferences on update an Android App?
I've stored user settings in the SharedPreferences in my App. What will happen with the SharedPreferences when I update the App via Google Play Store to a new version of the App? Will the SharedPrefernces still be there after the update or will they be deleted? So far I haven't found an answer on the web or Stackoverflow (may I search with wrong keywords?). Can you point me to some links they describe this process? Edit: Meanwhile I found a other answer too: SharedPreferences behaviour on Update/Uninstall Edit 2: Since time past quite a bit when I first asked this question I recently learned