Xamarin Android App Not Persist Any State (Session)

I have one simple layout1 which contains one EditText and Two button.

On first button click I am just saving the user text value using Shared Preferences.

and on second button click,showing another layout 2.

I would like to maintain (Persist state) in Xamarin Android App from one layout to another layout.

I have used ISharedPreferences but it is not Persist any state.

Below is my code for layout1

public class MainActivity : Activity
{
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
{
ISharedPreferences sharedPrefernce;
base.OnCreate(bundle);
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
Button button = FindViewById
button.Click += delegate
{
EditText nameBox = FindViewById(Resource.Id.editText1);
string name = nameBox.Text.ToString();
var lc = Application.Context.GetSharedPreferences("MyContacts", FileCreationMode.Private);
var cEdit = lc.Edit();
cEdit.PutString("Name", name);
cEdit.Apply();
Android.Widget.Toast.MakeText(this, "Item Added", ToastLength.Short).Show();
nameBox.Text = "";
};
Button viewContact = FindViewById
viewContact.Click += delegate
{
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.ViewContactsActivity);
};
}

Below is my code for layout2

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
var textView3 = FindViewById(Resource.Id.textView3);
try
{
var lc = Application.Context.GetSharedPreferences("MyContacts", FileCreationMode.Private);
string retrivedName = lc.GetString("Name", null);
textView3.Text = retrivedName.ToString();
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
textView3.Text = ex.Message.ToString();
}
}

Please suggest me How to persist a state in Xamarin Android App.

Thanks

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