Pass type of default value (#2466)

* Specify the type of the default value.

* Edit.

docs/platform-integration/storage/preferences.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Preferences"
 description: "Learn how to read and write application preferences, in .NET MAUI. The IPreferences interface can save and load application preferences in a key/value store."
-ms.date: 09/02/2022
+ms.date: 08/27/2024
 no-loc: ["Microsoft.Maui", "Microsoft.Maui.Storage", "Preferences"]
 ---
 
@@ -40,10 +40,16 @@ Preferences are set by calling the `Preferences.Set` method, providing the key a
 
 ## Get preferences
 
-To retrieve a value from preferences, you pass the key of the preference, followed by the default value when the key doesn't exist:
+To retrieve a value from preferences you pass the key of the preference, followed by the default value when the key doesn't exist:
 
 :::code language="csharp" source="../snippets/shared_1/Storage.cs" id="prefs_defaults":::
 
+In some scenarios you may need to pass the key of the preference, followed by the default value and its type:
+
+```csharp
+long value = Preferences.Get("master_date", (long)0);
+```
+
 ## Check for a key
 
 It may be useful to check if a key exists in the preferences or not. Even though `Get` has you set a default value when the key doesn't exist, there may be cases where the key existed, but the value of the key matched the default value. So you can't rely on the default value as an indicator that the key doesn't exist. Use the `ContainsKey` method to determine if a key exists: