Best way to check if an iPhone app is running for the first time

Question

I want to check if my iPhone app is running for the first time. I can create a file in the documents folder and check that file to see if this is the first time the app is r

Answer 1

In your app delegate register a default value:

NSDictionary *defaultsDict = 
[[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], @"FirstLaunch", nil];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:defaultsDict];
[defaultsDict release];

Then where you want to check it:

NSUserDefaults *sharedDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
if ([sharedDefaults boolForKey:@"FirstLaunch"]) {
  //Do the stuff you want to do on first launch
  [sharedDefaults setBool:NO forKey:@"FirstLaunch"];
  [sharedDefaults synchronize];
}