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Asked: 2026-05-14T20:07:12+00:00

I seem to be having trouble reading preferences from my AppWidgetProvider class. My code

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I seem to be having trouble reading preferences from my AppWidgetProvider class. My code works in an Activity, but it does not in an AppWidgetProvider. Here is the code I am using to read back a boolean:

SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0);
boolean autoreplyon = settings.getBoolean("autoreplyon", false);

However, I get the “The method getSharedPreferences(String, int) is undefined for the type widget” error (widget is the name of my AppWidgetProvider class).

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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  1. Editorial Team

    getSharedPreferences(), should you choose to use it, is only available on subclasses of Context, like Activity or Service. AppWidgetProvider is a subclass of BroadcastReceiver, which is not a Context.

    That being said, if you are going to use the PreferenceScreen system, or if you are not certain that it’s gotta gotta gotta be getSharedPreferences(), I would use PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences() instead. Those are the SharedPreferences that PreferenceScreen/PreferenceActivity will use.

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