http://blog.csdn.net/huluboy/article/details/53397582
The SharePreference of general applications is stored in the /data/data/[package name]/shared_prefs directory, but through The SharePreference created by createDeviceProtectedStorageContext is stored in the /data/user_de/0/[package name]/shared_prefs directory.
When we can't find where SharePreference is saved, we can get its path through this method
final File source = deviceContext.getSharedPreferencesPath(PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferencesName(deviceContext)); String absolutePath = source.getAbsolutePath();
An example of use is DeskClock
http://androidxref.com/7.1.1_r6/xref/packages/apps/DeskClock/src/com/android/deskclock/Utils.java
/** * Return the default shared preferences. */ public static SharedPreferences getDefaultSharedPreferences(Context context) { final Context storageContext; if (isNOrLater()) { / All N devices have split storage areas, but we may need to // migrate existing preferences into the new device protected // storage area, which is where our data lives from now on. final Context deviceContext = context.createDeviceProtectedStorageContext(); if (!deviceContext.moveSharedPreferencesFrom(context, PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferencesName(context))) { LogUtils.wtf("Failed to migrate shared preferences"); } storageContext = deviceContext; } else { storageContext = context; } return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(storageContext); } }