Constants/user defined attributes in Resouce xml

manmath · by **manmath** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:15 am

Hi All,

I want to store constants/user defined attributes (like Phone type, build version etc) as xml. My requirement is to store it as key-value pair as we store in JAD files in J2me. I guess string.xml is an option. Is there any other way to store these values as xml?

thanks
Manmath :roll:

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:47 am

Hello manmath,

Files under "/res/raw/" do not got compiled and can be accessed "as they are":

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InputStream is = getResources().openRawResource(id);
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If XML is no explicit need, you could also use (Shared)Preferences to save Key/Value-Pairs.

Regards,
plusminus

manmath · by **manmath** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:15 am

Hi plusminus,

Thanks a lot for your Reply.
Now I am trying with shared preference. I have some design issues.

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1. I am not able to acess outside the package<which contains main Activity>. It shows stack overflow error in runtime. Is there any option i can access outside the application package ?

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2. How can I edit the <prefs.xml> in adb shell ? I am able to see the file and shared preference values using cat command. what is the command to edit the file? " vi" is not working in the shell.

Regards
Manmath

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:39 pm

Hello manmath,

1. it works fine with me. I.e. I'm saving the the id of the overall application theme. (Called from Activites placed in different packages):

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        /** Applies the theme saved in Preferences to the Activity parameter. 
 
         * @param act Activity to set the shared theme to. */
 
        public static void applySharedTheme(Activity act){
 
                SharedPreferences sPref = act.getSharedPreferences(Constants.SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME, ApplicationContext.MODE_PRIVATE);
 
                int themeID = sPref.getInt(Constants.PREF_THEME_RESID_ID, Constants.DEFAULT_THEME_RESID);
 
                act.setTheme(themeID);
 
        }
 
        /** Returns the theme saved in Preferences to the Activity parameter. 
 
         *      @param act Activity needed to retrieve the SharedPreferences. */
 
        public static int getSharedThemeID(Activity act){
 
                SharedPreferences sPref = act.getSharedPreferences(Constants.SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME, ApplicationContext.MODE_PRIVATE);
 
                return sPref.getInt(Constants.PREF_THEME_RESID_ID, Constants.DEFAULT_THEME_RESID);
 
        }
 
        /** Save a sharedThemeID to be used by the whole application.
 
         * @param act Activity needed to retrieve the SharedPreferences.
 
         * @param aThemeID ThemeID to be saved and used by the whole application. */
 
        public static void saveSharedThemeID(Activity act, int aThemeID){
 
                SharedPreferences sPref = act.getSharedPreferences(Constants.SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME, ApplicationContext.MODE_PRIVATE);         
 
                SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sPref.edit();
 
                editor.putInt(Constants.PREF_THEME_RESID_ID, aThemeID);
 
                editor.commit();
 
        }
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2. Sorry, I'm not working with Console.

Regards,
plusminus

manmath · by **manmath** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:37 am

Thanks a lot plusminus.

Constants/user defined attributes in Resouce xml

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