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Detect when an iOS app is launched for the first time?

How do I detect when an iOS app is launched for the first time?

Solution

  • Pretty much what Marc and Chris said, though I prefer to change the value when the app quits in case there're multiple areas of the application that need to know about it. In code:

    Objective-C

    // -applicationDidFinishLaunching:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES],@"firstLaunch",nil]];
// to check it:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"firstLaunch"];
// -applicationWillTerminate:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:NO forKey:@"firstLaunch"];

    Swift 5.0

    // -applicationDidFinishLaunching:
UserDefaults.standard.register(defaults: ["firstLaunch":true])
// to check it:
UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "firstLaunch")
// -applicationWillTerminate:
UserDefaults.standard.set(false, forKey: "firstLaunch")