How to know when Parse.initialize() has already been called?

Question

Right now I am using a static boolean to tell when the initialization has occurred. Is there an easier way to know that I have already called initialize?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

Make a Application Class and in onCreate initialize parse.

public class YourApplication extends Application {
@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    Parse.initialize(this, "id","key");
    }
}

After this it wont be called again and again.

Also declare it in your manifest

<application
    android:name="com.you.yourapp.YourApplication "

EDIT: This is the only place where you initialize it. And not in the Login Activity or anywhere else.

Answer 2

If you, like me, for some reason can not use custom Application class, just surround the init method with try/catch, like this:

private void initParse() {
    try {
        Parse.initialize(getApplication(), "some id here", "another id here");
        ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().saveInBackground();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

That way it won't crash the whole app, and the SDK will still work, tested it.