Append more values to Shared Preferences rather than overwriting the existing values

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In my app, I need the values to be saved in to Sharedpreferences file RKs_Data without overwriting the existing data. Every time, I click 'Yes' in my app, I require all the values stored in the 'RKs_Data' instead of just having the latest 'name' and 'phoneNo' in to the file. - Is it possible to do so through SharedPreferences ? If yes, how ? - If not, what is next better option for me to implement this ? For e.g., - When I first Click one of the contacts like 'Brian', it saves in SharedPreferences both name and phone as Brian and 99999299999 with the first save on the Shared Preferences file 'RKS_Data' When I Click on other contact say 'Monet', my RKs_Data should appear like this: - Brian 99999299999 - Monet 00010000000 and so on.... I searched for but everywhere it is only mentioned about saving it but nothing about appending or doing some manipulations with the data... Please guide... Snippet is like below: ``` ------- public class RKsContacts_Main extends ListActivity { // private…

Accepted Answer

Follow these steps: Extract the value stored in `SharedPreferences` ``` String value = prefs.getString(, ); ``` Append to the extracted value ``` String appendedValue = append(value, newValue); ``` Write the result back to `SharedPreferences` ``` editor.putString(, appendedValue).commit(); ```

Append more values to Shared Preferences rather than overwriting the existing values

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