Open: launch clicking on icon, either in applications or on home. Doesn't this cover your case?
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:04:59 PM UTC+2, RichardC wrote: > > I think you need to re-consider your definition of "open". I use > long-press-home 90% of the time to launch applications I use on a regular > basis. > > On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:33:29 PM UTC+1, user123 wrote: >> >> I want to detect each time the user opens the app, by tap on home / >> desktop icon. There seem not to be a straight forward way to do it. Found a >> few workarounds but nothing seems to be really reliable. >> >> Things like, extend application object and use method "onCreate()", but >> this is not what I need because it's not called always when the user taps >> on the app's icon (can be just brought from the background), and also the >> application may be destroyed and recreated while running. Then >> Application.onCreate() will also be called. >> >> There war also some approaches involving BroadcastReceiver and checking >> intent flags but everything seems to be also not quite reliable? >> >> I need this because I want to track with Google Analytics, when the user >> opens the app. >> >> Thanks >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
