Manually changing shared_prefs and forcing app to update to it? I've been trying to figure out if it's possible to disable/enable GO SMS popup notifications via something like Tasker. I came across the following line in /data/data/com.jb.gosms/shared_prefs/com.jb.gosms_preferences.xml:

&lt;boolean name="pref_key_popup_msg" value="true" /&gt;


It would seem that I could just flip that to false, but GO SMS doesn't see that (and it actually rewrites the shared_prefs file it looks like). Is there a way to force GO SMS to re-read this shared_prefs file?

I am rooted and am pretty comfortable with shell commands as well as Tasker; I would think that any solution would require one of the above. (Tasker can fire Activities or broadcast intents.)
Try to edit the file after 'force-stopping' the app in settings → applications → manage applications. You cant edit the permission of the app to display notifications however