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javaandroidcounterstorereset

Save data and reset it every day in android

I need to store two counters and reset them to zero at midnight. So far I have it stored as int : public int wcounter=0; public int bcounter=0; that is incremented wcounter++; by an onclick function.

Solution

    1. I need to store two counters

    You will want to use SharedPreferences to store these values. This will make sure they don't get deleted by the system. The Docs have a good example to get you started on ShredPreferences.

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    and reset them to zero at midnight

    For this part you will probably want to use an AlarmManager. You may even want to register a BootReceiver so if the device is restarted, your AlarmManager will still get triggered.

    AlarmManager Docs

    BroadcastReceiver Docs

    That should give you an idea of how to get started. You can find good examples and tutorials of each all over SO and The Google.