Since I am new to java programming, I need a bit of help with this. I stuck on this one issue and can't continue until I get this to work.

I am trying to make a string from that includes a preference int. I saved the data and can display the int (just sample code):

SharedPreferences prefs=PreferenceManager
        .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

    list.setText(prefs.getString("list", "22"));

now, I have a xml parser that is pulling a url correctly as a static string:

public static String feedUrl = String.format("http://www.freshpointmarketing.com/iphone/objects/XML/AND.php?ID=%d", 22);

Works great...

now my issue......

I need to have the preference "int" become the variable in the string, thus making it not static.

static SharedPreferences prefs=PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

static int myVariable = prefs.getInt("list1", 22);

public static String feedUrl = String.format("http://www.freshpointmarketing.com/iphone/objects/XML/AND.php?ID=%d", myVariable);

If I take out all static references, I get an error on this:

    private void loadFeed(ParserType type){
    try{
        FeedParser parser = FeedParserFactory.getParser(type);
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        messages = parser.parse();
        long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
        Log.i("AndroidNews", "Parser duration=" + duration);
        String xml = writeXml();
        Log.i("AndroidNews", xml);
        List<String> titles = new ArrayList<String>(messages.size());
        for (Message msg : messages){
            titles.add(msg.getTitle());
        }
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = 
            new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.row,titles);
        this.setListAdapter(adapter);
    } catch (Throwable t){
        Log.e("AndroidNews",t.getMessage(),t);
    }
}

thanks