get value from shared_prefs XML on boot in android

Question

hi,

let say i have a myPrefs.xml in shared_prefs folder and i would like to retrieve the value within myPrefs.xml on boot.

How could i do it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

basically register to listen to the boot intent, then read your prefs file. Keep in mind that if you do a lot of processing in your broadcast receiver then your process will crash.