Can I have an android activity run only on the first time an application is opened?

Question

OK, so I'm playing around with an android app.

The 90% use case is that users want to go straight to the primary list screen to find what they're looking for. That's what I want as my default screen.

The first time a user loads the app however, some configuration is required before their list screen is of any value to them.

So my question, is how I can go about displaying the configuration activity the first time the app is opened up, and then the list screen for future openings.

I also want to put a demo button on the configuration screen, so I suppose more than just detecting that it's the first time, I specifically want to detect whether the user has performed certain configurations within the first screen.

Answer 1

After the first time the user has loaded the app you could store the details of whether user has performed the configurations in SharedPreferences.

 protected void storeSharedPrefs(String value) {
        /*
         * Storing in Shared Preferences
         */
        editor.putString("first", value);
        editor.commit();  //Commiting changes
    } 

Check each on time application is loaded, whether its the first time and configuration details has been entered correctly by checking SharedPreferences

private boolean first_time_check() {
        /* 
         * Checking Shared Preferences if the user had pressed 
         * the remember me button last time he logged in
         * */
        String first = uPreferences.getString("first", null);
        if((first == null)){
            return false;
        }
        else 
            return true;
    }