how to get list of all application preferences for application,
1. I am saving shared preference in this manner
2. I know that they are in data/data/app_packagename/shared_prefs
3. THE PROBLEM: But how to get list of all preference xml files in a spinner
and read each preference, i searched in SO, but i did not found any help regarding this, how to do read all preference xml files in my application directory and access the preferences?
P.S: I am aware of SharedPreference.getAll();
, will be enough to read once i get the file?
I have wrote in bits(Rough Code), it give error when tried to run, here is the implemented method
void getList()
{
//will be invoked from onCreate to populate spinner,yes spinner is already binded
PackageManager m = getPackageManager();
String s = getPackageName();
try {
PackageInfo p = m.getPackageInfo(s, 0);
s = p.applicationInfo.dataDir;
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
Log.w("yourtag", "Error Package name not found ", e);
}
Log.i("dir", s=s+"/shared_prefs");
//is this write way, how to proceed from here
}
Try this
File prefsdir = new File(getApplicationInfo().dataDir,"shared_prefs");
if(prefsdir.exists() && prefsdir.isDirectory()){
String[] list = prefsdir.list();
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1,list);
Spinner sp = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
sp.setAdapter(adapter);
}
//To get the selected item
String item = (String) sp.getSelectedItem();
//remove .xml from the file name
String preffile = item.substring(0, item.length()-4);
SharedPreferences sp2 = getSharedPreferences(preffile, MODE_PRIVATE);
Map<String, ?> map = sp2.getAll();
for (Entry<String, ?> entry : map.entrySet()){
System.out.println("key is "+ entry.getKey() + " and value is " + entry.getValue());
}