How can I view the shared preferences file using Android Studio

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I m using shared preferences to store certain values for my app  I would like to see the file where the info is actually stored on my phone  I found many ways to do this on Eclipse  but I m debugging on Android Studio  My phone is rooted  I read that having root access is important to read these types of files  If there is no way  then I will look up how to access the info through my program then output it to log cat  Hopefully  though  I can just view the file on the phone directly as it is much simpler  Thanks

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To open shared preference in android studio     Open device explorer file from right side- data data     shared prefs   find the attached image for more description

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Another simple way would be using a root explorer app on your phone   Then go to  data data package name shared preferences folder name of your preferences xml  you can use ES File explorer  and go to the root of your device  not sd card

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If you re using an emulator you can see the sharedPrefs xml file on the terminal with this commands    adb root cat  data data  lt project name gt  shared prefs  lt xml file gt    after that you can use adb unroot if you dont want to keep the virtual device rooted

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Single or Multiple Shared Preference Files  If you have multiple Shared Preference files  then here is a good way to show all of them  but you can just pass in 1 filename  too    loadSharedPrefs  pref name    loadSharedPrefs  shared pref1    shared pref2    shared pref3      Choose one of the following to suit your needs     Single-Type Values  public void loadSharedPrefs String     prefs            Logging messages left in to view Shared Preferences  I filter out all logs except for ERROR  hence why I am printing error messages       Log i  Loading Shared Prefs    -----------------------------------        Log i  ----------------    ---------------------------------------         for  String pref name  prefs             SharedPreferences preference   getSharedPreferences pref name  MODE PRIVATE           for  String key   preference getAll   keySet                   Log i String format  Shared Preference    s -  s   pref name  key                     preference getString key   error                          Log i  ----------------    ---------------------------------------                Log i  Finished Shared Prefs    ----------------------------------         Multiple-Type Values  public void loadSharedPrefs String     prefs            Define default return values  These should not display  but are needed     final String STRING ERROR    error        final Integer INT ERROR   -1                 final Set lt String gt  SET ERROR   new HashSet lt  gt  1           Add an item to the set     SET ERROR add  Set Error             Loop through the Shared Prefs     Log i  Loading Shared Prefs    -----------------------------------        Log i  ------------------    -------------------------------------         for  String pref name  prefs             SharedPreferences preference   getSharedPreferences pref name  MODE PRIVATE           Map lt String    gt  prefMap   preference getAll             Object prefObj          Object prefValue   null           for  String key   prefMap keySet                   prefObj   prefMap get key                if  prefObj instanceof String  prefValue   preference getString key  STRING ERROR               if  prefObj instanceof Integer  prefValue   preference getInt key  INT ERROR                                  if  prefObj instanceof Set  prefValue   preference getStringSet key  SET ERROR                Log i String format  Shared Preference    s -  s   pref name  key                     String valueOf prefValue                        Log i  ------------------    -------------------------------------                Log i  Loaded Shared Prefs    ------------------------------------            Logcat Output  My Shared Preference values are all String  but this is the output using either of the 2 methods above     I Loading Shared Prefs  ----------------------------------- I ------------------  ------------------------------------- I Shared Preference   FAVORITE - 135397  Jurassic World I Shared Preference   FAVORITE - 87101  Terminator Genisys I Shared Preference   FAVORITE - 177677  Mission  Impossible     Rogue Nation I ------------------  ------------------------------------- I Shared Preference   WATCHED - 177677  Mission  Impossible     Rogue Nation I Shared Preference   WATCHED - 157336  Interstellar I Shared Preference   WATCHED - 135397  Jurassic World I Shared Preference   WATCHED - 87101  Terminator Genisys I ------------------  ------------------------------------- I Shared Preference   WILL WATCH - 211672  Minions I Shared Preference   WILL WATCH - 102899  Ant-Man I ------------------  ------------------------------------- I Loaded Shared Prefs  ------------------------------------

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This is an old post  but I though I should put a graphical answer here as the question is about viewing the SharedPreferences xml using Android Studio  So here it goes    Go to the Tools -  Android Device Monitor  Open the device monitor by clicking it      Then you need to select the File Explorer tab in the device monitor  Find the data folder and find another data folder inside it  It will contain a folder having the name of your application package and there will be the desired SharedPreferences xml      Select the SharedPreferences xml file and then pull and save the file in your computer using the button marked at the top-right corner of the image above    I ve used a device emulator

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Android Studio -  Device File Explorer  right bottom corner  -  data -  data -   package id  -  shared-prefs  Note  You need to connect mobile device to android studio and selected application should be in debug mode

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From Android Studio   start Android Device Monitor  go to File Explorer  and browse   data data  lt  name of your package   shared prefs    You will find the XML there    and also you can copy it for inspection   If you have a non-rooted device it s not possible to do that directly from Android Studio  However  you can access the file with adb shell as long as your application is the debug version    adb shell run-as your app id chmod 777 shared prefs your app id preferences xml exit   return to default user cp  data data your app id shared prefs your app id preferences xml  sdcard   After that you can pull the file from  sdcard directory with adb

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You could simply create a special Activity for debugging purpose    SuppressWarnings  unchecked   public void loadPreferences        create a textview with id  tv pref  in Layout  TextView prefTextView  prefTextView    TextView  findViewById R id tv pref       Map lt String    gt  prefs   PreferenceManager getDefaultSharedPreferences              context  getAll        for  String key   prefs keySet              Object pref   prefs get key           String printVal               if  pref instanceof Boolean                printVal    key            Boolean  pref                    if  pref instanceof Float                printVal    key            Float  pref                    if  pref instanceof Integer                printVal    key            Integer  pref                    if  pref instanceof Long                printVal    key            Long  pref                    if  pref instanceof String                printVal    key            String  pref                    if  pref instanceof Set lt   gt                 printVal    key            Set lt String gt   pref                       Every new preference goes to a new line         prefTextView append printVal     n n                    call loadPreferences   in the onCreate of your Activity

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Stetho  You can use http   facebook github io stetho  for accessing your shared preferences while your application is in the debug mode  No Root  features    view and edit sharedpreferences view and edit sqLite db view view heirarchy monitor http network requests view stream from the device s screen and more         Basic setup     in the build gradle add compile  com facebook stetho stetho 1 5 0  in the application s onCreate   add Stetho initializeWithDefaults this   in Chrome on your PC go to the chrome   inspect    UPDATE  Flipper  Flipper is a newer alternative from facebook  It has more features but for the time writing is only available for Mac  slightly harder to configure and lacks data base debugging  while brining up extreamely enhanced layout inspector  You can also use  Jeffrey suggestion         Open Device File Explorer  Lower Right of screen    Go to data data com yourAppName shared prefs

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Shared Preferences File path for Android Emulator in Mac  Users  quot UserName quot  Documents AndroidStudio DeviceExplorer  quot EmulatorName quot  data data com app domain shared prefs

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In the Device File Explorer follow the below path  -   data data com   package name   test shared prefs com   package name   test preferences xml

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In Android Studio 3    Open Device File Explorer  Lower Right of screen   Go to data data com yourAppName shared prefs    or use Android Debug Database

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Run the application in Emulator after you insert some data  just close the application   Now open the DDMS or Android Monitor and select your emulator  on the right side you can see the File Explorer  look for Data folder in it and look for your application package that you have created  in that you can find the shared preference file open it   you can see the XML file  click it and click the pull a file from the device button in the top right corner   The XML file will be saved in your desired location  then you can open it using any editor like notepad   and can view the data you have entered

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I always find these commands useful in console    Find the correct file name  adb shell  ls  data data com your package shared prefs Get the file to local directory  adb pull  data data com your package shared prefs the file you want    local dir Check it in your  local dir

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The Device File Explorer that is part of Android Studio 3 x is really good for exploring your preference file s   cache items or database    Shared Preferences  data data  shared prefs directory     It looks something like this    To open The Device File Explorer    Click View   Tool Windows   Device File Explorer or click the Device File Explorer button in the tool window bar

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