Question

I’m creating a program that has a menu item in actionbarsherlock. Now I want the user to click that menu once a day and no more. How can I accomplish this? Here’s what I have so far:

int hour = today.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

if (hour < 24) {

    try {
        if (gotGenders.contentEquals("Male")) {
            AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                    Monitor.this);
            alertDialog.setTitle(gotNames);
            alertDialog.setMessage("You are currently burning "
                    + caloriesForMen() + " calories per hour");
            alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Save",
                    new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                                int which) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                        }
                    });

            alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Discard",
                    new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                                int which) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                            dialog.dismiss();
                        }
                    });

            alertDialog.setCancelable(false);
            showAlertDialog = alertDialog.create();
            showAlertDialog.show();
        }
        else if (gotGenders.contentEquals("Female")) {
            AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                    Monitor.this);
            alertDialog.setTitle(gotNames);
            alertDialog.setMessage("You are currently burning "
                    + caloriesForWomen() + " calories per hour");
            alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Save",
                    new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                                int which) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                            // dialog.dismiss();
                        }
                    });

            alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Discard",
                    new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                                int which) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                            dialog.dismiss();
                        }
                    });

            alertDialog.setCancelable(false);
            showAlertDialog = alertDialog.create();
            showAlertDialog.show();

            count = 1;
        }
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();

        AlertDialog.Builder errorDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                Monitor.this);
        errorDialog.setTitle("No User Selected!");
        // errorDialog.setMessage("You are currently burning " +
        // caloriesForWomen() + " per hour");
        errorDialog.setPositiveButton("OK",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                            int which) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                        dialog.dismiss();
                    }
                });

        errorDialog.setCancelable(false);
        errorAlertDialog = errorDialog.create();
        errorAlertDialog.show();
    }
} else {
    count = 0;

    AlertDialog.Builder waitDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(
            Monitor.this);
    waitDialog.setTitle("Wait after the day is over");
    waitDialog.setPositiveButton("OK",
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    dialog.dismiss();
                }
            });

    waitDialog.setCancelable(false);
    waitAlertDialog = waitDialog.create();
    waitAlertDialog.show();
}

This allows me to select the menu more than once, how can I limit it to only one click a day? Any help is appreciated thank you.

Answer 1

To realize this you should stock the last visited date somewhere (db, sharedpreferences, in a file), then:

long lastVistedDateTime = getLastVistedDateTime();
int lastDay = new Date(lastVistedDateTime).getDay();
int today = Calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
if (today != lastDay){
    //an other day
    setLastVistedDateTime(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis());
}

To compare dates with the current Locale, use:

String lastDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(new Date(lastVistedDateTime));
String nowDate = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).format(new Date());
if (!nowDate.equals(lastDate)){
    //an other day
    setLastVistedDateTime(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis());
}