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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010  Ciaran Gultnieks, ciaran@ciarang.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.fdroid.fdroid;
+
+import android.app.Application;
+
+public class FDroidApp extends Application {
+
+    // Keeps track of when we are in one of our activities where we
+    // don't want a database update to run. Incremented when entering
+    // one, and decremented when leaving, so if it's 0 it ought to be
+    // ok!
+    public int inActivity=0;
+
+}