add ability to use a staging url for main layout

this allows us to test changes without disrupting current users

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/org/linaro/connect/LinaroConnectActivity.java b/src/org/linaro/connect/LinaroConnectActivity.java
index 06e0b85..2c57202 100644
--- a/src/org/linaro/connect/LinaroConnectActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/linaro/connect/LinaroConnectActivity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.linaro.connect;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ public class LinaroConnectActivity extends Activity {
 		int resid = 0;
 		if( url == null ) {
 			url = LAYOUT_URL;
+			if( useStaging() ) {
+				url += ".staging";
+				setTitle(getTitle() + " - staging");
+			}
 			resid = R.raw.connect_layout;
 		}
 
@@ -77,6 +83,16 @@ public class LinaroConnectActivity extends Activity {
 		return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A flag that allows switching to a staging url for the main layout.
+	 * This can be toggled by touch/rm of a file in the apps data directory
+	 * named "debug.staging"
+	 */
+	private boolean useStaging() {
+		File f = getApplicationContext().getFileStreamPath("debug.staging");
+		return f.exists();
+	}
+
 	private class JSONLayoutAdapter extends CachedJSONLayoutAdapter {
 
 		private final static long INTERVAL = 1000*60*30; //check every 30 minutes