Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2013 Romain Segismont * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, * subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * */ import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; import android.content.Context; import android.content.SharedPreferences; import android.preference.PreferenceManager; public class Main { public static long timeToConfirm = 0; private static boolean confirmDownload(Context context, String stringUrl) { try { URL url = new URL(stringUrl); HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); long candidateDate = urlConnection.getLastModified(); final SharedPreferences prefsManager = PreferenceManager .getDefaultSharedPreferences(context.getApplicationContext()); final long savedDate = prefsManager.getLong(stringUrl, 0); urlConnection.disconnect(); if (candidateDate <= savedDate) { return false; } timeToConfirm = candidateDate; return true; } catch (Throwable localThrowable) { localThrowable.printStackTrace(); return false; } } }