public class

AppLaunchChecker

extends java.lang.Object

 java.lang.Object

↳androidx.core.app.AppLaunchChecker

Gradle dependencies

compile group: 'androidx.core', name: 'core', version: '1.9.0-alpha04'

  • groupId: androidx.core
  • artifactId: core
  • version: 1.9.0-alpha04

Artifact androidx.core:core:1.9.0-alpha04 it located at Google repository (https://maven.google.com/)

Androidx artifact mapping:

androidx.core:core com.android.support:support-compat

Androidx class mapping:

androidx.core.app.AppLaunchChecker android.support.v4.app.AppLaunchChecker

Overview

This class provides APIs for determining how an app has been launched. This can be useful if you want to confirm that a user has launched your app through its front door activity from their launcher/home screen, rather than just if the app has been opened in the past in order to view a link, open a document or perform some other service for other apps on the device.

Summary

Constructors
publicAppLaunchChecker()

Methods
public static booleanhasStartedFromLauncher(Context context)

Checks if this app has been launched by the user from their launcher or home screen since it was installed.

public static voidonActivityCreate(Activity activity)

Records the parameters of an activity's launch for later use by the other methods available on this class.

from java.lang.Objectclone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructors

public AppLaunchChecker()

Deprecated: This type should not be instantiated as it contains only static methods.

Methods

public static boolean hasStartedFromLauncher(Context context)

Checks if this app has been launched by the user from their launcher or home screen since it was installed.

To track this state properly you must call AppLaunchChecker.onActivityCreate(Activity) in your launcher activity's method.

Parameters:

context: Context to check

Returns:

true if this app has been started by the user from the launcher at least once

public static void onActivityCreate(Activity activity)

Records the parameters of an activity's launch for later use by the other methods available on this class.

Your app should call this method in your launcher activity's method to track launch state. If the app targets API 23 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow) or later, this state will be eligible for full data backup and may be restored to the user's device automatically.

*

Parameters:

activity: the Activity currently running onCreate

Source

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package androidx.core.app;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.core.content.IntentCompat;

/**
 * This class provides APIs for determining how an app has been launched.
 * This can be useful if you want to confirm that a user has launched your
 * app through its front door activity from their launcher/home screen, rather
 * than just if the app has been opened in the past in order to view a link,
 * open a document or perform some other service for other apps on the device.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("JavadocReference") // Unreliable warning
@SuppressLint("PrivateConstructorForUtilityClass") // Already launched with public constructor
public class AppLaunchChecker {
    private static final String SHARED_PREFS_NAME = "android.support.AppLaunchChecker";
    private static final String KEY_STARTED_FROM_LAUNCHER = "startedFromLauncher";

    /**
     * Checks if this app has been launched by the user from their launcher or home screen
     * since it was installed.
     *
     * <p>To track this state properly you must call {@link #onActivityCreate(Activity)}
     * in your launcher activity's {@link Activity#onCreate(Bundle)} method.</p>
     *
     * @param context Context to check
     * @return true if this app has been started by the user from the launcher at least once
     */
    public static boolean hasStartedFromLauncher(@NonNull Context context) {
        return context.getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREFS_NAME, 0)
                .getBoolean(KEY_STARTED_FROM_LAUNCHER, false);
    }

    /**
     * Records the parameters of an activity's launch for later use by the other
     * methods available on this class.
     *
     * <p>Your app should call this method in your launcher activity's
     * {@link Activity#onCreate(Bundle)} method to track launch state.
     * If the app targets API 23 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow) or later, this state will be
     * eligible for full data backup and may be restored to the user's device automatically.</p>     *
     *
     * @param activity the Activity currently running onCreate
     */
    public static void onActivityCreate(@NonNull Activity activity) {
        final SharedPreferences sp = activity.getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREFS_NAME, 0);
        if (sp.getBoolean(KEY_STARTED_FROM_LAUNCHER, false)) {
            return;
        }

        final Intent launchIntent = activity.getIntent();
        if (launchIntent == null) {
            return;
        }

        if (Intent.ACTION_MAIN.equals(launchIntent.getAction())
                && (launchIntent.hasCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER)
                || launchIntent.hasCategory(IntentCompat.CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER))) {
            sp.edit().putBoolean(KEY_STARTED_FROM_LAUNCHER, true).apply();
        }
    }

    /** @deprecated This type should not be instantiated as it contains only static methods. */
    @Deprecated
    public AppLaunchChecker() {
    }
}