Getting “cannot resolve method” error when trying to implement getSharedPreferences in Android Studio

Question

I\'m trying to create a class KeyValueDB which stores methods for interacting with SharedPreferences, however I\'m running into a problem just defining the class. All I want th

Answer 1

You should pass a context there...

example of getting a string value:

public static String getUserName(Context ctx)
{
    return getSharedPreferences(ctx).getString(PREF_USER_NAME, "");
}

where PREF_USER_NAME is the key and the second parameter is when it cant find the key it returns ""