How to open Android activities based on role of user?

Question

I am creating an online based Android app in which there is a listview, which shows notifications from different types of users like 'student', 'teacher'. When I click a list view item, it should check the role of the user, whether the user is registered as 'teacher' or a 'student' and it should open the activity screen based on their role. I'll use intents to open different activities. How do I check the role of the user from server?

Answer 1

Well, I would like to provide my own answer. I actually used Shared Preferences. Its much simple and could globally use the values we put in it. Below is the code:

1. Create a separate class and name it as you wish(I prefer SessionManager here)

public class SessionManager {

   // Shared Preferences
   SharedPreferences sharedPrefer;

   // Editor for Shared preferences
   SharedPreferences.Editor editor;

   // Context
   Context context;

   // Shared Pref mode
   int PRIVATE_MODE = 0;

   // Shared Pref file name
   private static final String PREF_NAME = "MySession";

   // SHARED PREF KEYS FOR ALL DATA

   // User's UserId
   public static final String KEY_USERID = "userId";

   // User's categoryId
   public static final String KEY_CATID = "catId";

   // User's categoryType[Teacher, Student, etc.,]
   public static final String KEY_CATTYPE = "categoryType";

   // User's batchId[like class or level or batch]
   public static final String KEY_BATCHID = "batchId";



    // Constructor
    public SessionManager(Context context) {
       this.context = context;
       sharedPrefer = context.getSharedPreferences(PREF_NAME, PRIVATE_MODE);
       editor = sharedPrefer.edit();
    }

/**
 * Call this method on/after login to store the details in session
 * */

   public void createLoginSession(String userId, String catId, String catTyp, String batchId) {        

       // Storing userId in pref
       editor.putString(KEY_USERID, userId);

       // Storing catId in pref
       editor.putString(KEY_CATID, catId);

       // Storing catType in pref
       editor.putString(KEY_CATTYPE, catTyp);

       // Storing catType in pref
       editor.putString(KEY_BATCHID, batchId);

       // commit changes
       editor.commit();
   }

/**
 * Call this method anywhere in the project to Get the stored session data
 * */
   public HashMap<String, String> getUserDetails() {

       HashMap<String, String> user = new HashMap<String, String>();
       user.put("userId",sharedPrefer.getString(KEY_USERID, null));
       user.put("batchId",sharedPrefer.getString(KEY_BATCHID, null));      
       user.put("catId", sharedPrefer.getString(KEY_CATID, null));
       user.put("catType", sharedPrefer.getString(KEY_CATTYPE, null));

       return user;
   }
}

2. Calling the above methods on some other classes inside the project:

Storing the data in session

SessionManager session = new SessionManager(getApplicationContext());
session.createLoginSession(userId, categoryId, categoryType, batchId);

Retrieving the data from session

SessionManager session = new SessionManager(getApplicationContext());
HashMap<String, String> user = session.getUserDetails();
String userId = user.get("userId").toString();
String categoryId = user.get("catId").toString();
String categoryType = user.get("catType").toString();
String batchId= user.get("batchId").toString();