Question

I have an application which needs a continue function. When the user for example presses the home button i need the application to store some information and then when the continue button is pressed for it to restart the application from exactly where it left off.

How can i do this? I’ve done some research on preferences but i seem to be getting conflicting answers.

Answer 1

If you’re asking how to actually save and retrieve their info, here’s how to Save info

//save their info
        SharedPreferences settingsSave = getSharedPreferences("info", MODE_PRIVATE);
        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settingsSave.edit();
        editor.putString("someValue", theValue);

        // Commit the edits!
        editor.commit();

And here’s how to get it back

    SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("info", MODE_PRIVATE);
    installID = settings.getString("someValue", "");

You can then use this value to determine which view to start them at when they load your app.