Well I know this bug. Here are the characters which can be in my settings file:
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/lqqABv2lblNz1Bkh9XNs/ Is there anything that could cause problems? On May 7, 3:18 pm, dar <dher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try putting in xml special characters into the strings you are saving > directly with the editor without xml-escaping them, e.g. &'<>" and see > if this reproduces the problem when you try to read in the saved > preferences after your app has been killed (after a reboot, for > example). > > On May 7, 5:24 am, so_is <festival.s...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Thank you very much for your comment Mark. > > > Well at the moment I am prior to redo the whole preferences saving my > > settings into a Sqlite database. > > > I can not find the bug in my code and my app relies on this settings > > so I don't see any other chance to get rid of the lost settings bug. > > > On May 6, 12:56 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > > so_is wrote: > > > > Well Mark the problem is that I am using the suggested way to save the > > > > settings. I do commit every single edit() like suggested. But a lot of > > > > users are still reporting that they lose settings. I don't know why > > > > but it happens some times. :( (I have worked with my app for 2 months > > > > now and have never lost the settings) > > > > It will be difficult to fix the bug without a repeatable scenario. > > > > > To sum up I don't like the suggestion using Sqlite because I would > > > > just ignore a bug which is obviously there but no one knows what it > > > > really is. > > > > If you can come up with a repeatable scenario for theSharedPreferences > > > damage, post an issue tohttp://b.android.comwithaproject and > > > instructions for causing the problem. > > > > Otherwise, if I were in your shoes, I would switch to some other means > > > (e.g., SQLite) of storing the data you are storing inSharedPreferences, > > > simply to make your users happy. > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
