[Question] RemotePreferences not loaded after Android reboot about remotepreferences HOT 4 CLOSED

Can you try enabling strict mode (see the readme) and attach a logcat? Thanks.

Also not sure how well RemotePreferences plays with file permissions. You shouldn't need to chmod (setReadable) the preference xml files for the library to work. Try removing that code and see if it helps.

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Thanks for your quick response. I will work on it and give feedback.

Edit: I removed the setReadable actions and also without the strict mode it works really fine.
Preferences are updated immediately and accessible, also after a full reboot.

Thanks a lot. Also for your excellent library.

Edit 2: I don't seem to be able to close the issue.

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Good to hear! Glad it's working now :-)

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Hi there, I faced this problem too. Reading preference keys and values at boot from hooks in system apps is not possible, until the system is unlocked. This is expected behaviour due to Android N's Direct Boot mode which encrypts everything (file-based encryption, including the preference xml file) and prevents any apps from using internal storage. It blocks ContentProviders too, as used in RemotePreferences. Reproducing this issue in hooked user apps is tough, because most of them load only after unlock.

The workaround for this (found in GravityBox) is to use Device Protected Storage (as opposed to Credential Protected Storage), through context = context.createDeviceProtectedStorageContext(); wherever needed. This must be done in

• Xposed (before using your constructor for RemotePreferences), and
• A few locations in RemotePreferences itself (#5), because the default context is the Credential Protected Storage context
• The app's preferences, either through preferenceManager.setStorageDeviceProtected(), or through overriding the getSharedPreferences in your activity to use the correct context.

This also links back to my old issue #2, where I couldn't figure out what was going in earlier. Hope this helps someone.

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