does caching values of SharedPreferences make sense?

Question

In my current Android app I have several settings stored in SharedPreferences and one object which handles access to them. I now wonder if it makes sense to cache the values or if doesn't mater much accessing them like:

public final boolean isxxxEnabled() {
    return preferences.getBoolean("xxx", false);
}

instead of

public final boolean isxxxEnabled() {
            // check if value changed
            // if not, check if value is cached
            // decide whether to return cached or new
            // cache value
    return 
}

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '11 at 18:12

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Caching shared preferences isn't really necessary. The speed up you're gonna get will be marginal at best and it's going to increase the code you have to write. I'd say don't bother.

answered Nov 08 '11 at 18:12

Kurtis Nusbaum

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Do you have any sources for this? – EmmanuelMess Mar 02 '18 at 19:42
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Okay, [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/34684174/3124150)'s a reference. – EmmanuelMess Mar 06 '18 at 17:24

does caching values of SharedPreferences make sense?

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