Determine if Android app is being used for the first time

Question

I am currently developing an android app. I need to do something when the app is launched for the first time, i.e. the code only runs on the first time the program is launch

Answer 1

    /**
     * @author ALGO
     */
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
    import java.util.UUID;

    import android.content.Context;

    public class Util {
        // ===========================================================
        //
        // ===========================================================

        private static final String INSTALLATION = "INSTALLATION";

        public synchronized static boolean isFirstLaunch(Context context) {
            String sID = null;
            boolean launchFlag = false;
            if (sID == null) {
                File installation = new File(context.getFilesDir(), INSTALLATION);
                try {
                    if (!installation.exists()) {

                        writeInstallationFile(installation);
                    }
                    sID = readInstallationFile(installation);
launchFlag = true;
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return launchFlag;
        }

        private static String readInstallationFile(File installation) throws IOException {
            RandomAccessFile f = new RandomAccessFile(installation, "r");// read only mode
            byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) f.length()];
            f.readFully(bytes);
            f.close();

            return new String(bytes);
        }

        private static void writeInstallationFile(File installation) throws IOException {
            FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(installation);
            String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
            out.write(id.getBytes());
            out.close();
        }
    }

> Usage (in class extending android.app.Activity)

Util.isFirstLaunch(this);