Preferences Class

Definition

Namespace:

Xamarin.Essentials

Assembly:

Xamarin.Essentials.dll

A class to interact with the preferences/settings of the native platform.

public static class Preferences

Inheritance

Object

Preferences

Remarks

Each platform uses the platform provided native APIs for storing application/user preferences:

• iOS: NSUserDefaults:
• Android: SharedPreferences:
• UWP: ApplicationDataContainer:

Methods

Clear()	Clears all keys and values.
Clear(String)	Clears all keys and values.
ContainsKey(String)	Checks the existence of a given key.
ContainsKey(String, String)	Checks the existence of a given key.
Get(String, Boolean)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Boolean, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, DateTime)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, DateTime, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Double)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Double, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Int32)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Int32, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Int64)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Int64, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Single)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, Single, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Get(String, String, String)	Gets the value for a given key, or the default specified if the key does not exist.
Remove(String)	Removes a key and its associated value if it exists.
Remove(String, String)	Removes a key and its associated value if it exists.
Set(String, Boolean)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Boolean, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, DateTime)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, DateTime, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Double)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Double, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Int32)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Int32, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Int64)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Int64, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Single)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, Single, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, String)	Sets a value for a given key.
Set(String, String, String)	Sets a value for a given key.