Make sure you add android:presistent="true"
to your PreferenceScreen element in your preferences xml file. Thanks, Eric On Jan 23, 8:17 am, A T <somecs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm. I'm going to feel stupid if this is the problem: I'm reinstantiating > the preferences object and its editor every time I load them and save/commit > them (i.e. within the onResume and onPause methods). Is that not a good idea > (aside from efficiency.. I mean in terms of the prefs being persistent)? > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:59 AM, android_soft <cspeche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well ,not sure if this will help, since there's no code snippet....but > > here goes.... > > > 1. You can hold on to the SharedPreferences.Editor object... > > 2. edit as much as you want > > 3. In OnPause(), go ahead and commit the editor ... > > > Though I prefer saving the edits as they change... > > > On Jan 23, 5:13 pm, A T <somecs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll give that a try. Will that really change anything, though? The > > > variables shouldn't change, especialy if the app is in focus. And right > > now > > > I save them onResume and onPause. > > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Trying to post this again... Can you save your preferences when they > > > > change, instead of upon exit? > > > > > On Jan 22, 2:04 pm, A T <somecs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm having this problem with one of my apps where some people are > > > > reporting > > > > > that their preferences are not being saved when they close and resume > > the > > > > > app. The preferences theyre talking about happen to be actual > > Preferences > > > > > (i.e. the built-in preferences manager for an activity). They say > > they're > > > > > not doing anything special, just exiting the app and going back to > > it. > > > > Does > > > > > anyone know why the prefs wouldn't be saved for only this select few > > > > people? > > > > > I'm at a complete loss. > > > > > Thank you --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
