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;
}
}
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);