Question

my app crashes with a null pointer exception on the code below.
i have an xml preference file under res/xml/defaults.xml
Any idea why it’s crashing?

public class Preference extends Activity {
    public Preference()
    {
    }

    public String getPreference(String key)
    {
                //it still crashes here
        SharedPreferences settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this.getApplicationContext());
        String result = settings.getString(key,  null);
        return result;
    }
}

Answer 1

Preference files are not storead in project’s /res/xml/defaults.xml

They are stored on the device in your application folder something like

/data/data/com.your.pkg/default.prefs

Try do not specify the file name, as you will have some problems with the preference files, like this OP had here

SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager
                    .getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);

Then you will probably have to query

preferences.getString('weightPref', null);