Put and get String array from shared preferences

You can create your own String representation of the array like this:

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < playlists.length; i++) {
    sb.append(playlists[i]).append(",");
}
prefsEditor.putString(PLAYLISTS, sb.toString());

Then when you get the String from SharedPreferences simply parse it like this:

String[] playlists = playlist.split(",");

This should do the job.

You can use JSON to serialize your array as a string and store it in the preferences. See my answer and sample code for a similar question here:

How can write code to make sharedpreferences for array in android?

HashSet<String> mSet = new HashSet<>();
                mSet.add("data1");
                mSet.add("data2");
saveStringSet(context, mSet);

where

public static void saveStringSet(Context context, HashSet<String> mSet) {
    SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sp.edit();
    editor.putStringSet(PREF_STRING_SET_KEY, mSet);
    editor.apply();
}

and

public static Set<String> getSavedStringSets(Context context) {
    SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
    return sp.getStringSet(PREF_STRING_SET_KEY, null);
}

private static final String PREF_STRING_SET_KEY = "string_set_key";

From API level 11 you can use the putStringSet and getStringSet to store/retrieve string sets:

SharedPreferences pref = context.getSharedPreferences(TAG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = pref.edit();
editor.putStringSet(SOME_KEY, someStringSet);
editor.commit();

SharedPreferences pref = context.getSharedPreferences(TAG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Set<String> someStringSet = pref.getStringSet(SOME_KEY);