In android is there any way to preserve SharedPreferences after an uninstall

Question

I am keeping some application meta data in SharedPreferences. Whenever I uninstall the application and reinstall it, the SharedPreferences are dele

Answer 1

You should add a BackupAgentHelper to your app. Together with the SharedPreferenceBackupHelper, it backups the SharedPreferences to the cloud (if the device supports it). When the app is reinstalled the data is restored.

See:

BackupAgentHelper

SharedPreferenceHelper (contains all the code you need to implement it)

general Backup guide

Answer 2

As edthethird said: best lay physical files on device external storage and read them on installation. If the file content needs to be hidden from users just perform a simple encryption/decryption process.