UNCCGameDay/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Home.java

package com.uncc.gameday.activities;

import java.util.Date;

import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.os.Bundle;

import com.uncc.gameday.R;
import com.uncc.gameday.alerts.Alert;
import com.uncc.gameday.alerts.AlertService;

public class Home extends MenuActivity {
	
	private final long alarmRate = 300000; // 5 Minutes
	
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);
		
		Context ctx = getApplicationContext();
		
		// Start up the AlarmManager to fetch alerts in the background
		AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
		Intent alertFetcher = new Intent(this, AlertService.class);
		PendingIntent pendingAlertFetcher = PendingIntent.getService(ctx, 0, alertFetcher, 0);
		
		// Cancel any previous alarm managers, and start the new one
		am.cancel(pendingAlertFetcher);
		am.setRepeating(0, this.alarmRate, this.alarmRate, pendingAlertFetcher);
		
		// Double check if we need to do any first-run code
		this.onFirstRun(ctx);
	}
	
	protected void onFirstRun(Context ctx) {
		SharedPreferences settings = this.getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE);
		if (settings.getBoolean("FIRST_RUN", true)) {
			// First run code
			
			Editor editor = settings.edit();
			editor.putBoolean("FIRST_RUN", false);
			editor.commit();
		}
	}
	
	private void getRecentAlerts() {
		// Responsible for discovering what the most recent alerts are and showing them.
		// Likely should be implemented by querying a local DB of alerts, grabbing recent 20.
		
	}
}