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androidmultiprocessingsharedpreferences
user221256
user221256

Reputation: 435

Multi-process safe sharedprefs

Is it safe to use SharedPreferences if I have 2 processes in my app and I will create 2 separate preference files? I mean 1 file for main process and 2nd file for 2nd process. And the 2 processes wouldn't access other than their own file? For creating separate files I would use:
Context.getSharedPreferences(String name, int mode), where name is name of the file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 284

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007276

So long as you are careful and do not accidentally try using the same SharedPreferences on both processes, what you describe should be OK.

Personally, I would consider using some other form of file (e.g., JSON, SQLite), as I'm not certain what the advantage is of using SharedPreferences here.

Upvotes: 0

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