With the getAll function of sharedPreferences it is possible to save the shared preferences to a file. The following code example is probably the easyest way to do it. With the saveSharedPreferences method you can save all shared preferences a file to the root of your sdcard.
Make sure your App has the following permission. It allows the application to write to external storage.
/* Possible modes: MODE_PRIVATE MODE_WORLD_READABLE MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE MODE_MULTI_PROCESS */ /* Execute save SharedPreferences example code */ ... String name = "MyName"; int mode = MODE_PRIVATE; File path = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()); File file = new File(path, "MySharedPreferences"); saveSharedPreferences (name, mode, file); ... private void saveSharedPreferences(String name, int mode, File file) { SharedPreferences prefs = getSharedPreferences(name, mode); try { FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(file); PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(fw); MapprefsMap = prefs.getAll(); for(Map.Entry entry : prefsMap.entrySet()) { pw.println(entry.getKey() + ": " + entry.getValue().toString()); } pw.close(); fw.close(); } catch (Exception e) { Log.wtf(getClass().getName(), e.toString()); } }