How can I execute something just once per application start?

Question

I\'d like to implement an update checker in an application, and I obviously only need this to show up once when you start the application. If I do the call in the onCr

Answer 1

      try {

          boolean firstboot = getSharedPreferences("BOOT_PREF",MODE_PRIVATE)
    .getBoolean("firstboot", true);

                    if(firstboot){
                //place your code that will run single time                  
getSharedPreferences("BOOT_PREF",MODE_PRIVATE).edit().
    putBoolean("firstboot", false)
                        .commit();


                    }