Hi guys! Last week I needed help with iOS Auto Refreshing, I needed the app to refresh upon FIRST install and every launch after - @Kittsy came in with his cape and saved the day, along with @aussiedra! https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=4E66E09A8294231DE57B8FF Now I need help for Android, can't seem to figure it out. Same specifications needed as iOS, but so far everything I've tried has failed. Any Android experts willing to help solve this mystery? I'll buy a free beer at the next meetup for the guy or gal that helps solve this for me. Maybe some nachos too. David

Hey Paul! Thanks for posting - that's a different solution for a similar problem. They want it to "Auto Refresh" rather than having a popup ask - which is great, and half the problem solved, but the real juice of this problem I have is having it refresh literally on the first app install launch, which buzztouch inherently will not do. :-) David.

Hi guys, How funny... The title of this thread is ideal for my issue too... which is exactly the opposite! Still no clue: https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=3A3CED04F4149B0126B37A6 Sorry to interfere here, hope it won't upset anybody... If you have any tip, please post in the above-mentioned thread, not here! ;-) Cheers Jack

@mrDavid, You wanting it to refresh only after install and a pop up? The reason I ask this because you can code it in the lifecycle to refresh, for example in the onResume or OnPause method. Also, the swipe down feature can do a refresh also and an user can use the swipe down to refresh only. LA

Find the code snippet in activity_host: confirmRefreshAlert.show(); and replace it with: refreshAppData(); you should be able here to put here onload Save and clean/rebuild This will load without the alerts but if u want the alerts then make the code adjustmentI have tried it out You can change the default loading message, which says (Loading...) by default by going to /res/values/strings.xml. Open strings.xml in text mode and find the string name 'LoadingTitle', you can change that to whatever you like or disable it. LA

Cool idea and great solution!

Hi LA! These two conditions need to meet: 1. The app needs to refresh when the app launches for the first time after user installs. 2. The app needs to refresh every single time the app opens afterwards. Does your code accomplish this? Also, great to see you posting, I haven't been around much so I'm missing some faces lately but appreciate the help! David.

It's great to be back! Yes the code should accomplish both. LA

Hi LA, Okay, did extensive testing! 1. It DOES refresh every time you close and reopen the app, even if you force stop the app, so perfect. 2. On the FIRST launch, after installing the app, it does NOT refresh. Thanks for looking into this LA, really appreciate it :-) David.

Watch out for LA's smoke, he's burning some serious rubber down Route BT! Go LA, go! :-) -- Niraj

lol @Niraj! Hmm on the App not refreshing on first launch! It should do that anyways..lol LA

Try it during the lifecycle: onStart. That has to do it! LA

Solved! Thanks LA! David

Mighty awesome, LA is our teacher! Time to give our teacher an apple :-) -- Niraj

Here here! Niraj, are you still rocking around San Diego my friend? David.

@Niraj, It's a good feeling to come back to developing and still can remember things..lol LA

@LA, Party is cancelled. Damnit. I must have not tested well enough, because I found a pretty big issue. Currently, with the solution provided: http://pastebin.com/4Z7VKFi0 1. The app DOES refresh on first launch after install. 2. The app DOES refresh when closed or quit and then re-opened. The problem? The refresh code is run TWICE (at the same time) when going through condition #2 above. When you open the app like normal, it detects an update, and refreshes, but then the refresh code gets run AGAIN because of the onStart cycle, so it tries to refresh twice at the same time, and ends up crashing. LA, I hope I explained this well, could you let me know what you think? Thanks for your time, apologies. I owe you big. David.

Okay, I think I just had my light bulb turn on in my head. If the onStart refresh code starts at first launch and also during close/open the app, then why do we even need the refresh code in the popup? Let's just delete the entire code in confirmRefreshAppData and let it be, it's useless. Then we don't have it trying to refresh twice at the same time. I think this would work. Testing now. David.

Sweet -- nice epiphany! Report back with the final solution please.

That *was* the final solution ;-)

Yeah you wouldn't need it twice. I'm happy you found the solution. Sorry I couldn't get back to you in time. LA

I'll never forgive you LA :-)