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Created August 12, 2012 01:55
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Sharing Shared Preferences between Android Apps
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GettingPreference.java
Context myContext = getApplicationContext().createPackageContext
("com.cr.sharedprefexampleone", Context.MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE);
SharedPreferences testPrefs = myContext.getSharedPreferences
("sharedprefone", Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
String prefString = testPrefs.getString("time", "Couldn't find");
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SettingPreference.java
SharedPreferences prefs = getApplicationContext().
getSharedPreferences("sharedprefone", Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
Editor edit = prefs.edit();
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
Date date = new Date(); //
edit.putString("time", dateFormat.format(date));
edit.commit();
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ghost commented Oct 29, 2015

After accessing data 1st time in 2nd app, then change the data in 1st app and then again access data in 2nd app is old not latest data.

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