Question

In my program how do I setup my SQLite DBs for the first time? What is the program structure to do this?

only way i can think of is to keep a first time boolean:

if (isFirstInstall) setup();

this seems very unprofessional. Are there onFirstInstall() calls where these kind of setup is done?

Answer 1

try this

private SharedPreferences mPreferences;

    boolean firstTime = mPreferences.getBoolean("firstTime", true);
    if (firstTime) { 
        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = mPreferences.edit();
        editor.putBoolean("firstTime", false);
        editor.commit();
        showMiddleActivity();
    }