Cannot retrieve string s from preferences settings

Question

I have encountered a problem in my Android application   The problem is that for some reason  I can t retrieve the string of a ListPreference from my preferences xml file   Here s the code I tried   private void showUserSettings         SharedPreferences sharedPrefs   PreferenceManager              getDefaultSharedPreferences this        try            String feet   sharedPrefs getString  feet    NULL            int intfeet   Integer parseInt feet           int intinches   Integer parseInt sharedPrefs getString  feet    NULL   trim             int weight   Integer parseInt sharedPrefs getString  weight    NULL   trim             int age   Integer parseInt sharedPrefs getString  age    NULL   trim             double calories          double inches     intfeet   12    intinches           if  gender equals  Female                    BMR   655     4 35 x weight in pounds       4 7 x height in inches   -   4 7 x age in years               calories   655    4 35   weight     4 7   inches  -  4 7   age                     else                 66     6 23 x weight in pounds       12 7 x height in inches   -   6 8 x age in years               calories   66 5    6 23   weight     12 7   inches  -  6 8   age                       ListPreference listPreference    ListPreference  findPreference  exercise              CharSequence currText   listPreference getEntry            String exercise   sharedPrefs getString  exercise    NULL   toString            if  exercise equals  Sedentary                  double sedentary   calories   1 2              Toast makeText getApplicationContext    sedentary       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                      if  exercise equals  Light                 double light   calories   1 375              Toast makeText getApplicationContext    light       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                      if  exercise equals  Moderate                 double moderate   calories   1 55              Toast makeText getApplicationContext    moderate       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                      if  exercise equals  Very active                  double veryactive   calories   1 725              Toast makeText getApplicationContext    veryactive       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                      if  exercise equals  Extra active                  double extraactive   calories   1 9              Toast makeText getApplicationContext    extraactive       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                      else               Toast makeText getApplicationContext     Uh oh   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                   catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace              Whenever it gets to the second if else statement  it directly goes to the else statement   I don t know why it is doing this   I have searched SO and Google  but with no avail   I basically hit a brick wall   Any help regarding this problem would be highly appreciated

User · Accepted Answer

All your exercise conditionals are separate and the else is only tied to the last if statement   Use else if to bind them all together in the way I believe you intend

[java] Cannot retrieve string(s) from preferences (settings)

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