Re: [android-developers] A clear, concise tutorial on PreferenceActivity & Preferences?

Donal Rafferty wrote:
> Thanks Mark.
>
> To access my preferences outside my PreferenceActivity in another
> Activity or a Service can I use PreferenceManager.
> getDefaultSharedPreferences() also?

Yes. That will return the same preferences for this application.

> In your code here:
>
> http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/blob/master/Prefs/Dialogs/src/com/commonsware/android/prefdialogs/DialogsDemo.java
>
> I see SharedPreferences prefs=PreferenceManager is used, is that
> correct?

Well, there's more to it than that. You may need to scroll to the right.

I'm going to need to switch to spaces instead of tabs, as my books need
two-space tabs, but GitHub uses eight-space tabs, so my code gets
stretched way out horizontally. :-(

> Should I use it like that to retrieve my preferences eslewhere
> in my application?

Sure.

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