Apps getSharedPreferences - unable to get value

[DroidHead]

I've tried for a few hours over a two-day period and I am burnt, so if someone can help me figure out what I am doing wrong (or is this a known, unknown defect?) with regards to getting a value from ListPreference by way of SharedPreferences.

Here are some code snippets to help you to see what I've done so far in my project:

Main .java file:

public static final String PREF_FILE_NAME = "preferences";

seekback.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
try {
SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences(PREF_FILE_NAME, MODE_PRIVATE);
Integer storedPreference = preferences.getInt("seek", 0);

//Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), storedPreference + "", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
mediaPlayer.seekTo(mediaPlayer.getCurrentPosition()-storedPreference);

} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});

preferences xml file:

<ListPreference
android:entries="@array/seconds"
android:entryValues="@array/seconds_values"
android:summary="sets the seek interval for the seekback and seekforward buttons"
android:title="Seek Interval"
android:defaultValue="5000"
android:key="@string/seek">
</ListPreference>

string xml file:

<string​

name="seek">seek</string>

array xml file:

<string-array
name="seconds">
<item>Five seconds</item>
<item>Fifteen seconds</item>
<item>Thirty seconds</item>
<item>Sixty seconds</item>
</string-array>
<string-array
name="seconds_values">
<item>5000</item>
<item>15000</item>
<item>30000</item>
<item>60000</item>​

</string-array>

Note: I've tried having my array xml file to contain both part string-array and integer-array. having it both string-array and finally both integer-array setup.

I've also tried various ways (using getInt and getString in the .java file.

I'm just really burnt out on this one, I hope someone has ran into this issue and now has a solution they can post up for me. I'd really appreciate it.

 

[DroidHead]

I've solved this issue. It turns out that my project was named with an "_" character and once I refactored the underscore out (and used the getDefaultSharedPreferences option), all is working as should be.
This issue absorbed 30 hours of my time!