When are SharedPreferences deleted?

Question

SharedPreferences class allows to save application data in simple type (boolean, String, etc.) formats.

Normally they are not removed and they are supposed to persi

Answer 1

when you do clear data from the device applications manager or when you uninstall your application, the SharedPreference's file is deleted.

SharePreferences are stored inside

/data/data/packagename/shared_prefs/prefsname.xml

unless you have the android:allowBackup="true" in your manifest. In that case they might be restored.