Lesson 47 : android save data using SharedPreferences

To edit data from sharedpreference

 SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
 editor.putString("text", mSaved.getText().toString());
 editor.putInt("selection-start", mSaved.getSelectionStart());
 editor.putInt("selection-end", mSaved.getSelectionEnd()); 
 editor.putString("status", status);
 editor.putString("message", message);
 editor.apply();

SharedPreferences.Editor.apply() was introduced in Gingerbread in November, 2010 (after this answer was posted). Use it instead of commit() where possible since apply() is more efficient.

To retrieve data from shared preference

SharedPreferences prefs = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE); 
String restoredText = prefs.getString("text", null);
if (restoredText != null) 
{
  //mSaved.setText(restoredText, TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);
  int selectionStart = prefs.getInt("selection-start", -1);
  int selectionEnd = prefs.getInt("selection-end", -1);
  String status = prefs.getString("status","");
  String message = prefs.getString("message","");
}

source:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3624280/how-to-use-sharedpreferences-in-android-to-store-fetch-and-edit-values