Counting application usage in Android

Question

Can anyone help me determine how to count how many times an application has been used in Android?

Answer 1

Just, declare:

    private SharedPreferences prefs;
    private SharedPreferences.Editor editor;
    private int appOpened;

Initialize in onCreate(...) :

prefs = getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
editor = prefs.edit();

count wherever you want (any where in onCreate() or any Method of your wish):

appOpened = prefs.getInt("counter", 0);
appOpened++;

editor.putInt("counter", appOpened);
editor.commit();

Then you use appOpened variable to do your task.

Cheers!