Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (c) 2013 The MITRE Corporation, All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this work except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import android.content.Context; import android.content.SharedPreferences; import android.preference.PreferenceManager; public class Main { public static boolean getPrefBool(Context context, int keyId, int defaultValueId) { SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context); String key = context.getString(keyId); boolean defaultValue = false; try { defaultValue = Boolean.parseBoolean(context.getString(defaultValueId)); } catch (Exception e) { /* don't care */ } return sharedPreferences.getBoolean(key, defaultValue); } }