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Paltroth
Paltroth

Reputation: 89

android: saving some data

Hi i need you opinion guys. I use files .dat for saving some info. Is it good way?? I know about SQLite but i don't need much info to save, only one word. I mean each file will have a description, and that description i want to save to file.dat . So should i use .dat or SQLite? Which is better? example of using .dat:

    public ImageMetadata(final Context c, final String imageName) {
    dataFile = new File(
            c.getExternalFilesDir(null).toString() +
            File.separator +
            imageName +
            ".dat");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 76

Answers (2)

Lal
Lal

Reputation: 14810

SharedPreferences can be used for in such situations..

See this link for more details please..

SharedPreferences wmbPreference1,wmbPreference2;    
SharedPreferences.Editor editor;

//wmbPreference for Shared Prefs that lasts forever
wmbPreference1 = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);  

//installsp for Shared Prefs that lasts only just once each time program is running
wmbPreference2 =getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("MYKEY",Activity.MODE_PRIVATE);

To save values onto the SharedPreference like this

SharedPreferences.Editor editor = wmbPreference1.edit();
editor.putString("MYKEY", "stringvalue");
editor.commit();

and can retrieve the values like

String tag= wmbPreference1.getString("MYKEY", "default_value_to_be_returned");

where MYKEY is the keyname by which you can identify the value..

You can use putString,putBoolean,putFloat etc as per your needs..

Upvotes: 2

CanDroid
CanDroid

Reputation: 643

Shared Preferences is a good way for you, because you need only one word data:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/SharedPreferences.html

Check this link, I can help you if you have several questions.

Upvotes: 0

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