Helptext that shows how an android app works android which appear only once

Question

This might seem a little weird!!

But I was wondering if I could add some help on my app .which comes when You first open your app and when you touch the screen it vanishes(Only comes in first run).

The problem is I didn't even know what is this thing called I tried a search on google but I'm nowhere near it.

It will be very helpful if anyone can provide some info about that(what is it called ,How to add it in your App)

Thanks !!

Use shared preference. Keep a boolean named "first_run"; If its true, show that text, you can write code of making it invisible on touch, and don't show if boolean is false. — MysticMagicϡ, Jun 20 '14 at 06:19
Do you mean something like this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11805890/android-how-can-i-implement-first-time-tutorial-like-go-launcher-in-my-app — marwinXXII, Jun 20 '14 at 06:20
@purpleDroid sorry if I'm wrong ,I already thought of that , But dosen't it have a name or something it shows really good having this arrows and all pointing to options and buttons — P-RAD, Jun 20 '14 at 06:22

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

Check my answer for some thing on first setup.

Put this on first time run.

shPref = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
SharedPreferences.Editor pref_editor = shPref.edit();
pref_editor.putBoolean("first_time", false);
pref_editor.commit();

Check it like this:

shPref = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
boolean isFirstRun = myPrefs.getBoolean("first_run",false);
if(isFirstRun){
    txtViewHelp.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    //logic of making it invisible on touch outside
}
else
    txtViewHelp.setVisibility(View.GONE);

Hope this helps.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:28

Try this!

                    SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
                    boolean previouslyStarted = prefs.getBoolean(getString(R.string.pref_previously_started), false);
                    if(!previouslyStarted){
                    SharedPreferences.Editor edit = prefs.edit();
                    edit.putBoolean(getString(R.string.pref_previously_started), Boolean.TRUE);
                                edit.commit();
                            **// when the application is previously opened
                         //Show your help Test**     

                    }
                    else
                    {
                              **// when the application is opened very First Time**
                        Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Home_Module.class);
                        MainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
                    }

This will Help You.

It stores your application status that it is previously opened or not?

Thanks but I got it already I've use library ShowcaseView (v5.0). — P-RAD, Jun 20 '14 at 06:30

Helptext that shows how an android app works android which appear only once

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