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Question by ina · Jun 18, 2011 at 03:14 AM · androidiosmobileplayerprefs

PlayerPrefs Storage Location on Android or iOS

Where are PlayerPrefs stored on Android or iOS?

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Answer by Ben Ezard · Dec 29, 2012 at 06:14 PM

On Android they are stored in your phone's internal memory in /data/data/appname/shared_prefs/appname.xml Where appname is the full package identifier e.g. com.mycomany.example
No idea about iOS sorry

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Is there any reference in the documentation to this? where did you get this information from ?

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PlayerPrefs.html

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Answer by Pixipulp · Aug 12, 2013 at 08:20 AM

What I found out so far is:

"To be able to see the PlayerPrefs which Unity 3D stores on your Android, you'll have to have your device rooted. Rooting is necessary to be able to access the data - Partition. You can find the PlayerPrefs' XML file here: /data/data//shared_prefs/.xml"

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Answer by Barrett-Fox · Aug 28, 2014 at 09:30 PM

On iOS devices, the PlayerPrefs can be found in your app's plist file. It's located at:

/Apps/ your app's folder /Library/Preferences/ your app's .plist

I used a free MacOS app called iExplorer to find and verify any changes I make to the PlayerPrefs on my iPad app. If anyone has a handier/better way, please share.

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Answer by usalalas · Dec 26, 2015 at 11:19 AM

I'm actually don't use PlayerPrefs. I prefer use what I've learned on this Live Training http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/live-training-archive/persistence-data-saving-loading . It's been working for me so far.

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plus1 for persistence data saving, save the important data in there (such as coins, level, exp, etc) and the rest to playerprefs (game settings, etc)

it's handy too when implement Google Play Games Services Saved Game

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