I want to save/load a BigInteger
array into/from the SharedPreferences.
How can it be done?
For example for the following array:
private BigInteger[] dataCreatedTimes = new BigInteger[20];
I want to save/load a BigInteger
array into/from the SharedPreferences.
How can it be done?
For example for the following array:
private BigInteger[] dataCreatedTimes = new BigInteger[20];
Using Gson you can convert to a json String
and back, which then of course makes it trivial to save in preferences:
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import java.math.BigInteger;
public final class BigIntegerArrayJson {
private BigIntegerArrayJson(){}
public static String toJson(BigInteger[] array) {
return new Gson().toJson(array);
}
public static BigInteger[] fromJson(String json) {
return new Gson().fromJson(json, BigInteger[].class);
}
}
To add Gson in gradle add dependency:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:1.7.2'
}
Consider bigInts
is the BigInteger[]
you want from Preference
:
BigInteger[] bigInts = new BigInteger[n];
Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
for(BigInteger bigInt : bigInts) {
set.add(bigInt.toString());
}
//store into Preference
SharedPreference.Editor editor = getSharedPreference(getPackageName(), Context.MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
editor.putStringSet("bigints", set);
//get BitInteger[] from Preference
SharedPreference pref = getSharedPreference(getPackageName(), Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Set<String> set = pref.getStringSet("bigints", new HashSet<String>());
int count = set.size();
String[] strs = new String[count];
BigInteger[] bigInts= new BigInteger[count];
set.toArray(strs);
for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
bitInts[i] = new BigInteger(strs[i]);
}
final String DELIMITER = "BOND";
final int DELIMITER_LENGTH = 4;
String str = "";
BigInteger[] integer = new BigInteger[50];
for(int i = 0; i < integer.length ; i++) {
str += integer[i].toString() + DELIMITER;
}
savePreference("your_key", str);
and here's your save preference method
public static void savePreference(String iName, String iValue) {
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(
MainApplication.getsApplicationContext()).edit();
// Check that passed key is not null
if (iName != null && iValue != null) {
editor.putString(iName, iValue);
editor.commit();
}
}
Now to get back your BigInteger Values ,
String str = loadPreference("your_key");
ArrayList<BigInteger> myBigInt = new ArrayList<>();
while(str != null){
int subStringLastIndex = 0;
if(str.contains(DELIMITER) && str.length() != DELIMITER_LENGTH){
subStringLastIndex = str.indexOf(DELIMITER.charAt(0));
myBigInt.add(new BigInteger(str.substring(0, subStringLastIndex)));
str = str.substring(subStringLastIndex + 4);
}else{
str = null;
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < myBigInt.size(); i++){
Log.d(TAG, myBigInt.get(i).toString());
}
Here's your loadPreference Method
public static String loadPreference(String iName) {
return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(MainApplication.getsApplicationContext()).
getString(iName,null);
}
Note : You can change delimiter what ever you want, but prefer to take character array. Change Delimiter length accordingly
Try this and let me know if it works