Cloud Save – Part 1

In a previous series on Styling Android we looked at persisting data using the Data Backup APIs. However the Google documentation suggests that this technique is unsuitable for persisting app state across multiple devices, but more for persisting app state when a user replaces a device. At Google I/O 2013 a new API was introduced,…

Data Backup – Part 2

In the first article in this series we had a first look at Android Data Backup. We got a simple app working which successfully stored its SharedPreferences in the cloud and restored them we the app was re-installed. Thee was one problem, however: If we manually triggered a restore of the SharedPreferences, we did not…

Data Backup – Part 1

Normally on Styling Android I try and stick to UI / UX tips and techniques, but in this series of articles I’m going to cover a topic that is not directly UI / UX specific yet, if implemented, can delight your users: using Android Data Backup to backup and restore app settings / config to…