Android Question StateManager to save and restore status flags

[Roger Daley]

Hi All

Another newbie question.

I need to save the value of several status flags (INT) but NOT save all flags/settings. Reading through the StateManager tutorial gives me a clue but .... ?

Can someone please tell me if I'm on the right track?

1. Downloaded Erels zip file from the tutorial and added the Module StateManager.bas --- Success

2. Add code:
Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
...
StateManager.GetSetting ("Sound_Flag") As String 'Get the current value of Sound_Flag
StateManager.GetSetting ("Beep_Flag") As String 'Get the current value of Beep_Flag
StateManager.GetSetting ("Dollar_Flag") As String 'Get the current value of Dollar_Flag
StateManager.SaveSettings ' Saves the settings above
End Sub


Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime AsBoolean)
...
'Load the previous state
StateManager.SetSetting("Sound_Flag", Value As String) ' Sets Sound_Flag to the saved value
StateManager.SetSetting("Beep_Flag", ????????) ' Sets Beep_Flag to the saved value
StateManager.SetSetting("Dollar_Flag", ????????) ' Dollar_Flag to the saved value

End Sub

Please note the question marks, I have no idea what goes in "Value As String" when the value I need to restore is supposedly stored somewhere.


Thanks in advance

Regards Roger

 

[sorex]

you didn't use you variable at all, it should be like this...

and you should set before safe, not get

StateManager.SetSetting ("Sound_Flag",Sound_Flag) 'Get the current value of Sound_Flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("Beep_Flag",Beep_Flag) 'Get the current value of Beep_Flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("Dollar_Flag",Dollar_Flag) As String 'Get the current value of Dollar_Flag
StateManager.SaveSettings ' Saves the settings above
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime AsBoolean)
...
StateManager.loadStateFile
Sound_Flag=StateManager.GetSetting2("Sound_Flag", 1) ' Sets Sound_Flag to the saved value
Beelp_Flag=StateManager.GetSetting2("Beep_Flag", 1) ' Sets Beep_Flag to the saved value
Dollar_Flag=StateManager.GetSetting2("Dollar_Flag", 1) ' Dollar_Flag to the saved value

with GetSettings2 you can read it in and if it doesn't exist you can set the default value instead.

 

[Roger Daley]

Sorex,

Thanks for that. "Set" before "Get" makes sense of the 'Value As String' parameter and clears up the whole thing.
Thank goodness you made better sense of it than me. [Tutorial still reads the other way to me.. go figure.]

Regards Roger.

 

[sorex]

You'll get used to it, keep on coding!

 

[Roger Daley]

You'll get used to it, keep on coding!

Sorex

Sorry to bother you again but I am finally back to the project, -- when I insert the code:

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
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StateManager.SetSetting ("vVib_flag",vVib_flag) As String 'Get the current value of vVib_flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("btnClick_flag",btnClick_flag) As String 'Get the current value of btnClick_flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("dollar_flag",dollar_flag) As String 'Get the current value of dollar_flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("sSound_flag",sSound_flag) As String 'Get the current value of sSound_flag
StateManager.SetSetting ("memory1",memory1) As String 'Get the current value of memory1
StateManager.SetSetting ("scrnalive_flag",scrnalive_flag) As String 'Get the current value of scrnalive_flag
StateManager.SaveSettings ' Saves the settings above

End Sub

The lines StateManager.SetSetting ("vVib_flag",vVib_flag) As String etc give me an error that is '=' Expected
I've tried inserting an equals sign in every place I can but it only changes the error.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Regards Roger

 

[sorex]

I never used the As String part, remove it and see what happends.

Did you add the statemanager module to the project?

What's the exact error you get?

 

[Roger Daley]

Brilliant! Removing the As String worked. I don't know how/why I had it in there. Thanks again

Roger