how to fix the Pop up 's count?

Question

In my app, i am starting a service in Mainactivity. I show a reminder popup everytime the app is opened. But, I only want to show the pop up 1 time.

How to store the pop up's count accros multiple app launches?

Answer 1

boolean mboolean = false;

SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("PREFS_NAME", 0);
mboolean = settings.getBoolean("FIRST_RUN", false);
if (!mboolean) {
 // do the thing for the first time 
  SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences("PREFS_NAME", 0);
                    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
                    editor.putBoolean("FIRST_RUN", true);
                    editor.commit();                    
} else {
 // other time your app loads
}

This code will show something only once, untill you dont reinstall app or clear app data

EXPLANATION:

OK, I'll explain it to you. SharedPreferences are like a private space of your application in which you can store primitive data (strings,int,boolean...) that will be saved untill you dont delete application. My code above works like this, you have one boolean which is false when you start the application, and you will show your popup ONLY if the boolean is false --> if (!mboolean). Once you showed your pop up, you put the boolean value to true in sharedPreferences, and system will next time check there, see that it is true and wont show the pop up again untill you reinstall the application or clear the application data from application manager.