androidsharedpreferenceslogout

Logout clear SharedPreferences


I have a login page that saves username and password to SharedPreferences. I have another Activity class that includes a logout button. I want to clear SharedPreferences when I click the logout button. The problem is that I don't get the SharedPreferences from this class. How can I get the SharedPreferences?

LoginPage

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
public SharedPreferences.Editor loginPrefsEditor;
    public  SharedPreferences loginPreferences;
    private Boolean saveLogin;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    name = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_Username);
        pass = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_Password);
        login = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bt_Login);

         loginPreferences = getSharedPreferences("loginPrefs", MODE_PRIVATE);
         loginPrefsEditor = loginPreferences.edit();

         saveLogin = loginPreferences.getBoolean("saveLogin", false);

         if (saveLogin == true) {
                name.setText(loginPreferences.getString("username", ""));
                pass.setText(loginPreferences.getString("password", ""));   
            }

        login.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                 name1 = name.getText().toString();
                 pass1 = pass.getText().toString();
               //new Thread (new Task()).start();
                    loginPrefsEditor.putBoolean("saveLogin", true);
                    loginPrefsEditor.putString("username", name1);
                    loginPrefsEditor.putString("password", pass1);
                    loginPrefsEditor.commit();
                 new myAsyncTask().execute();
            }
        });
}

Logout Button in AnotherActivity

 logout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // Launching News Feed Screen

                Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

Solution

  • Try this !

    logout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // Launching News Feed Screen
    
                 SharedPreferences preferences =getSharedPreferences("loginPrefs",Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
                 SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
                 editor.clear();
                 editor.apply();
                 finish();
     });