Question

I have a method that I need to run when the activity starts.
I’ve tried putting it in the OnCreate but the onCreate is called twice if the activity is left untouched for a while (and that’s the case, i’m checking for online updates… so it takes some time)

that’s why i can’t put the update method in the onCreate

any ideas?

Thank you,
Ron

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.options);
    checkUpdate();
}

private void checkUpdate(){
    Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            try
            {
                // create a web request to check if i have the latest update
                HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();  
.
.
.
.
.
        };
    new Thread(runnable).start();

Answer 1

Use a boolean to determine if the activity is already started.