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Preferences.Clear Method

Definition

Removes all of the preferences (key-value associations) in this preference node.

[Android.Runtime.Register("clear", "()V", "GetClearHandler")]
public abstract void Clear ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("clear", "()V", "GetClearHandler")>]
abstract member Clear : unit -> unit
Attributes

Exceptions

if backing store is unavailable or causes an operation failure.

if this node has been removed.

Remarks

Removes all of the preferences (key-value associations) in this preference node. This call has no effect on any descendants of this node.

If this implementation supports stored defaults, and this node in the preferences hierarchy contains any such defaults, the stored defaults will be "exposed" by this call, in the sense that they will be returned by succeeding calls to get.

Java documentation for java.util.prefs.Preferences.clear().

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Applies to