Activity.GetPreferences(FileCreationMode) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.App

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Retrieve a SharedPreferences object for accessing preferences that are private to this activity.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getPreferences", "(I)Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;", "GetGetPreferences_IHandler")]
public virtual Android.Content.ISharedPreferences? GetPreferences (Android.Content.FileCreationMode mode);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getPreferences", "(I)Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;", "GetGetPreferences_IHandler")>]
abstract member GetPreferences : Android.Content.FileCreationMode -> Android.Content.ISharedPreferences
override this.GetPreferences : Android.Content.FileCreationMode -> Android.Content.ISharedPreferences

Parameters

mode: FileCreationMode

Operating mode. Use #MODE_PRIVATE for the default operation.

Returns

ISharedPreferences

Returns the single SharedPreferences instance that can be used to retrieve and modify the preference values.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Retrieve a SharedPreferences object for accessing preferences that are private to this activity. This simply calls the underlying #getSharedPreferences(String, int) method by passing in this activity's class name as the preferences name.

Java documentation for android.app.Activity.getPreferences(int).

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Applies to