Dynamically created EditText's

Question

I have a Button that creates EditTexts dynamically. I'm not having any problems creating them when I run the app but none of the created EditTexts are being saved when I close the app and reopen it. Here's my code:

 public class app extends ActionBarActivity {
     Button add;
     LinearLayout linearLayout1;
     static int createEditText;

     public static final String TAG = "MyPrefs" ;
     public static final String key1 = "numberOfEditTexts"; //Added this
     SharedPreferences sharedPreferences; 

     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_app);

        linearLayout1 = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.linearLayout1);
        add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
        add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                createEditText();
            }
        }); 
    }

    public void createEditText() {
        Log.i("ET", "ET created");
        createEditText++;
        if(createEditText > 6) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "You have reached the maximum fields",     
                           Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            return;
        }  

        LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout1);
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new   LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                       LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                       LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
        params.setMargins(0, 12, 0, 0);

        EditText edtTxt = new EditText(this);
        int maxLength = 8;
        edtTxt.setHint("New ET1");
        edtTxt.setLayoutParams(params);
        edtTxt.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
        edtTxt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME);
        edtTxt.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 18);
        InputFilter[] fArray = new InputFilter[1];
        fArray[0] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(maxLength);
        edtTxt.setFilters(fArray);
        edtTxt.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
        layout.addView(edtTxt);

        edtTxt.setId(createEditText);

    }


   @Override //Added this
   protected void onPause() {
   super.onPause();
   Log.i("Pause", "onPause()");
   System.out.println("EditText = " + createEditText);
   SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
   editor.putInt(key1, createEditText);
   editor.commit();
   }


  @Override //Added this
  protected void onResume(){
  super.onResume();
  Log.i("Resume", "onResume()");
  System.out.println("EditText = " + createEditText);
  sharedPreferences.getInt(key1, createEditText);
  }

Answer 1

public static final String TAG = "MyPrefs" ;
public static final String key1 = "numberOfEditTexts";

You should keep these two in your class first. Next, create a SharedPreference object in the class.

SharedPreferences sharedPreferences;

In your onCreate() method, initialize this:

sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(TAG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

And you can add the value to this either on your button press or on your onPause method.

SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
editor.putInt(key1, createEditText);
editor.commit();

To retrieve this value at the beginning of the next time when you want to display the number of EditTexts that you left the program with, do this:

storedNumber=editor.getInt(key1,0);

Similarly, if you want to store the contents of the EditTexts, you could store them in the same SharedPreference object.

Edit

 @Override //Added this
 protected void onResume() {
     super.onResume();
     Log.i("Resume", "onResume()");
     System.out.println("EditText = " + createEditText);
     //store the value in an integer.
     int prevVal = sharedPreferences.getInt(key1, 0);

     // now use this in a for loop.
     for (int i=0; i<prevVal; i++)
         createEditText();

 }

The for loop you added (running from 0 to 1) is not necessary.