Can I change Preferences file name?

Question

In my application, I am attempting to use sharedPreferences to save some basic settings as well as a Preference Screen. The name for my sharedPreferences is appPrefs and thus my file name is .../appPrefs.xml However, my app screen saves it's preferences in the defaultSharedPreference file which is com.COMPANY.PACKAGENAME_preferences.xml

What I would like to do is have my preference screen read/write its preferences to the appPrefs file. I have looked in the API and can't find anything. Am I stuck managing two sharedPreference files?

Answer 1

Just to answer the question about how to use different shared settings name with the new PreferenceFragment API, you need to add the following code when overriding onCreate:

public static class PrefsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {      @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         PreferenceManager manager = getPreferenceManager();         manager.setSharedPreferencesName("YOUR_SETTINGS_NAME");          // Load the preferences from an XML resource         addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);     } } 

Answer 2

Did you try:

PreferenceManager.setSharedPreferencesName