[FIXED] How to save List<Object> to SharedPreferences?

Issue

I have a list of products, which i retrieve from webservice, when app is opened for first time, app gets product list from webservice. I want to save this list to shared preferences.

    List<Product> medicineList = new ArrayList<Product>();

where Product class is:

public class Product {
    public final String productName;
    public final String price;
    public final String content;
    public final String imageUrl;

    public Product(String productName, String price, String content, String imageUrl) {
        this.productName = productName;
        this.price = price;
        this.content = content;
        this.imageUrl = imageUrl;
    }
}

how i can save this List not requesting from webservice each time?

Solution

It only possible to use primitive types because preference keep in memory. But what you can use is serialize your types with Gson into json and put string into preferences:

private static SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = context.getSharedPreferences(STORE_FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

private static SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
    
public <T> void setList(String key, List<T> list) {
    Gson gson = new Gson();
    String json = gson.toJson(list);
    
    set(key, json);
}

public static void set(String key, String value) {
    editor.putString(key, value);
    editor.commit();
}

Extra Shot from below comment by @StevenTB

To Retrive

 public List<YourModel> getList(){
    List<YourModel> arrayItems;
    String serializedObject = sharedPreferences.getString(KEY_PREFS, null); 
    if (serializedObject != null) {
         Gson gson = new Gson();
         Type type = new TypeToken<List<YourModel>>(){}.getType();
         arrayItems = gson.fromJson(serializedObject, type);
     }
}

Answered By - ar-g