Can't put double SharedPreferences

Getting error, the method put double is undefined for this type of sharedPreferences editor.Eclipse is given one quick fix add cast to editor, but when i do that its still given errors, Why cant i put double.

The code:

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onPause();

    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(editBl.getText().toString())) {
        numberOfBl = 0;
    } else {
        numberOfBl = Integer.parseInt(editBl.getText().toString();

    }
    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(editSt.getText().toString())) {
        tonOfSt = 0;
    } else {
        tonOfSt = Double.parseDouble(editSt.getText().toString());

    }

    SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences(
            "SavedTotals", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();

    editor.putInt("savedBl", numberOfBl);
    editor.putDouble("savedSt", tonOfSt);


    editor.commit();
}

Solution 1:

Those who suggested to use putFloat and getFloat are unfortunately very wrong. Casting a double to a float can result in

1. Lost precision
2. Overflow
3. Underflow
4. Dead kittens

Those suggesting a toString and parseString are not wrong, but it's an inefficient solution.

The correct way of dealing with this is to convert the double to its 'raw long bits' equivalent and store that long. When you're reading the value, convert back to double.

Because the two data types have the same size you don't lose precision and you won't cause an {over,under}flow.

Editor putDouble(final Editor edit, final String key, final double value) {
   return edit.putLong(key, Double.doubleToRawLongBits(value));
}

double getDouble(final SharedPreferences prefs, final String key, final double defaultValue) {
return Double.longBitsToDouble(prefs.getLong(key, Double.doubleToLongBits(defaultValue)));
}

Alternatively you can write the getter as:

double getDouble(final SharedPreferences prefs, final String key, final double defaultValue) {
if ( !prefs.contains(key))
        return defaultValue;

return Double.longBitsToDouble(prefs.getLong(key, 0));
}

Solution 2:

Kotlin extension way (much more pretty than using weird utils classes or whatever)

fun SharedPreferences.Editor.putDouble(key: String, double: Double) =
    putLong(key, java.lang.Double.doubleToRawLongBits(double))

fun SharedPreferences.getDouble(key: String, default: Double) =
    java.lang.Double.longBitsToDouble(getLong(key, java.lang.Double.doubleToRawLongBits(default)))

Solution 3:

What I did was save the preference as a String:

getSharedPreferences("PREFERENCE", MODE_PRIVATE).edit().putString("double", "0.01").commit();

and then to retrieve the double, simply use Double.parseDouble:

Double.parseDouble(getSharedPreferences("PREFERENCE", MODE_PRIVATE).getString("double", "0.01"));

Solution 4:

You could always implement SharedPreferences and wrap the android implementation.

package com.company.sharedpreferences;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;


import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class EnhancedSharedPreferences implements SharedPreferences {

    public static class NameSpaces {
        public static String MY_FUN_NAMESPACE = "MyFunNameSpacePrefs";
    }

    public static EnhancedSharedPreferences getPreferences(String prefsName) {
        return new EnhancedSharedPreferences(SomeSingleton.getInstance().getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences(prefsName, Context.MODE_PRIVATE));
    }

    private SharedPreferences _sharedPreferences;

    public EnhancedSharedPreferences(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences) {
        _sharedPreferences = sharedPreferences;
    }

    //region Overrides

    @Override
    public Map<String, ?> getAll() {
        return _sharedPreferences.getAll();
    }

    @Override
    public String getString(String key, String defValue) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getString(key, defValue);
    }

    @Override
    public Set<String> getStringSet(String key, Set<String> defValues) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getStringSet(key, defValues);
    }

    @Override
    public int getInt(String key, int defValue) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getInt(key, defValue);
    }

    @Override
    public long getLong(String key, long defValue) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getLong(key, defValue);
    }

    @Override
    public float getFloat(String key, float defValue) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getFloat(key, defValue);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defValue) {
        return _sharedPreferences.getBoolean(key, defValue);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean contains(String key) {
        return _sharedPreferences.contains(key);
    }

    @Override
    public Editor edit() {
        return new Editor(_sharedPreferences.edit());
    }

    @Override
    public void registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener listener) {
        _sharedPreferences.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(listener);
    }

    @Override
    public void unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener listener) {
        _sharedPreferences.unregisterOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(listener);
    }

    //endregion

    //region Extension

    public Double getDouble(String key, Double defValue) {
        return Double.longBitsToDouble(_sharedPreferences.getLong(key, Double.doubleToRawLongBits(defValue)));
    }

    //endregion

    public static class Editor implements SharedPreferences.Editor {

        private SharedPreferences.Editor _editor;

        public Editor(SharedPreferences.Editor editor) {
            _editor = editor;
        }

        private Editor ReturnEditor(SharedPreferences.Editor editor) {
            if(editor instanceof Editor)
                return (Editor)editor;
            return new Editor(editor);
        }

        //region Overrides

        @Override
        public Editor putString(String key, String value) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putString(key, value));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor putStringSet(String key, Set<String> values) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putStringSet(key, values));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor putInt(String key, int value) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putInt(key, value));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor putLong(String key, long value) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putLong(key, value));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor putFloat(String key, float value) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putFloat(key, value));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor putBoolean(String key, boolean value) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.putBoolean(key, value));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor remove(String key) {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.remove(key));
        }

        @Override
        public Editor clear() {
            return ReturnEditor(_editor.clear());
        }

        @Override
        public boolean commit() {
            return _editor.commit();
        }

        @Override
        public void apply() {
            _editor.apply();
        }

        //endregion

        //region Extensions

        public Editor putDouble(String key, double value) {
            return new Editor(_editor.putLong(key, Double.doubleToRawLongBits(value)));
        }

        //endregion
    }
}