How do I make a functioning save button in Android Studio?

[Sixto Vargas]

Hey guys! I'm trying to make a simple button that will save my data on an application when I use it once more. Google doesn't seem to give me simple tutorials on how to do this. That is why I'm asking here. Also, the language I'm using is Java on Android Studio IDE.

[Al Hobbs]

Post what you have

[Tim Moores]

Welcome to the Ranch.

On Android (as well as iOS) you generally don't use save buttons - data is saved automatically, usually from the Activity's onPause handler.

There are various ways to store data persistently; which is the most appropriate one depends on the amount of data. For key/value data, shared preferences might work. For regular data, possibly the built-in SQLite database via the Room library. Even files are a possibility, although I would advise against those.

[Giovanni Montano]

Sixto Vargas wrote:Hey guys! I'm trying to make a simple button that will save my data on an application when I use it once more. Google doesn't seem to give me simple tutorials on how to do this. That is why I'm asking here. Also, the language I'm using is Java on Android Studio IDE.

room or real looks as the way to go indeed, follow a room tutorial, then a button tutorial and connect the dots