Couldn't create directory for SharedPreferences

Question

I am getting the following error only on Samsung device. Went through this but it doesn't really provide a solution.

Couldn't create directory for SharedPreferences file shared_prefs/log_files.xml

To be specific:

This is how I have declared SharedPreferences in onCreate

settings = getSharedPreferences("preferences", MODE_PRIVATE);  

Answer 1

Based on a similar post it looks as if this error is specific to Samsung devices; this was confirmed by multiple users -

Error creating SharedPreferences - couldn't create directory for SharedPreferences file

It might be worthwhile to open an issue.

Answer 2

Follow the link given below for shared preference API called TinyDB You can use this which handles your problem.

https://github.com/kcochibili/TinyDB--Android-Shared-Preferences-Turbo