Check for first run

Warren Samples warren at warrensweb.us
Sun Apr 17 16:38:05 EDT 2011


On Sunday, April 17, 2011 01:42:28 AM Maarten Koopmans wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a best practice for checking if the application is on  a
> first run for a standalone(especially one that will go to an App store
> eventually)?
> 
> I simply need to ask the user a few questions on first run (and set up
> a sqlite db).
> 
> Best, Maarten


Why don't you check for the existence of the db file? If it exists, your app has been run, no? If it doesn't 
exist, then you'll have to go through setup, even if it has run before but the file has been deleted.

Warren




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