Created a boolean property to easily enable/disable the app update feature at all via a bools.xml setting. Helpful for #60.

core/res/values/bools.xml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 	<bool name="show_dialog_fullscreen">true</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the scrolling widget on Honeycomb (API 11) and higher only -->
 	<bool name="widget_available">false</bool>
+	<!-- Used to enable checking for app updates in the background -->
+	<bool name="updatecheck_available">true</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the search UI -->
 	<bool name="search_available">true</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the RSS UI and background service -->

core/src/org/transdroid/core/app/settings/SystemSettings.java

@@ -70,14 +70,5 @@ public class SystemSettings {
 	public void setLastCheckedForAppUpdates(Date lastChecked) {
 		prefs.edit().putLong("system_lastappupdatecheck", lastChecked == null ? -1L : lastChecked.getTime()).commit();
 	}
-
+	
-	/**
-	 * Whether the custom app update checker should be used to check for new app and search module versions.
-	 * @return True if it should be checked against transdroid.org if there are app updates (as opposed to using the
-	 *         Play Store for updates), false otherwise
-	 */
-	public static boolean enableUpdateChecker(Context context) {
-		return !context.getPackageName().equals("org.transdroid.lite");
-	}
-
 }

core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/NavigationHelper.java

@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ public class NavigationHelper {
 		return context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.seedboxes_available);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether the custom app update checker should be used to check for new app and search module versions.
+	 * @return True if it should be checked against transdroid.org if there are app updates (as opposed to using the
+	 *         Play Store for updates, for example), false otherwise
+	 */
+	public boolean enableUpdateChecker() {
+		return context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.updatecheck_available);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Converts a string into a {@link Spannable} that displays the string in the Roboto Condensed font
 	 * @param string A plain text {@link String}

core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/settings/SystemSettingsActivity.java

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.transdroid.core.R;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.ApplicationSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SettingsPersistence;
-import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.log.ErrorLogSender;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.DialogHelper;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.NavigationHelper;
@@ -61,6 +60,8 @@ public class SystemSettingsActivity extends SherlockPreferenceActivity {
 	protected static final int DIALOG_EXPORTSETTINGS = 3;
 	protected static final String INSTALLHELP_URI = "http://www.transdroid.org/download/";
 
+	@Bean
+	protected NavigationHelper navigationHelper;
 	@Bean
 	protected ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
 	@Bean
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public class SystemSettingsActivity extends SherlockPreferenceActivity {
 		addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref_system);
 
 		// Handle outgoing links and preference changes
-		if (SystemSettings.enableUpdateChecker(this)) {
+		if (navigationHelper.enableUpdateChecker()) {
 			findPreference("system_checkupdates").setOnPreferenceClickListener(onCheckUpdatesClick);
 		} else {
 			getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(findPreference("system_checkupdates"));

core/src/org/transdroid/core/service/AppUpdateService.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.transdroid.core.R;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.NotificationSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.log.Log;
+import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.NavigationHelper;
 import org.transdroid.daemon.util.HttpHelper;
 
 import android.app.IntentService;
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ public class AppUpdateService extends IntentService {
 	private static final String DOWNLOAD_URL_APP = "http://www.transdroid.org/latest";
 	private static final String DOWNLOAD_URL_SEARCH = "http://www.transdroid.org/latest-search";
 
+	@Bean
+	protected NavigationHelper navigationHelper;
 	@Bean
 	protected ConnectivityHelper connectivityHelper;
 	@Bean
@@ -70,9 +73,13 @@ public class AppUpdateService extends IntentService {
 	@Override
 	protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
 
+		// Only run this service if app updates are handled via transdroid.org at all
+		if (!navigationHelper.enableUpdateChecker())
+			return;
+		
 		if (!connectivityHelper.shouldPerformBackgroundActions() || !systemSettings.checkForUpdates()) {
-			Log.d(this,
+			Log.d(this, "Skip the app update service, as background data is disabled, the service is explicitly " +
-					"Skip the app update service, as background data is disabled, the service is disabled or we are not connected.");
+					"disabled or we are not connected.");
 			return;
 		}
 

core/src/org/transdroid/core/service/BootReceiver.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.NotificationSettings_;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings_;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.log.Log;
+import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.NavigationHelper_;
 
 import android.app.AlarmManager;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
@@ -50,10 +51,10 @@ public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
 	public static void startBackgroundServices(Context context, boolean forceReload) {
 		NotificationSettings notificationSettings = NotificationSettings_.getInstance_(context);
 		AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
-		// Start the alarms if one of the notifications are enabled and we do not yet have the alarms running 
+		// Start the alarms if one of the notifications are enabled and we do not yet have the alarms running
 		// (or should reload it forcefully)
-		if ((notificationSettings.isEnabledForRss() || notificationSettings.isEnabledForTorrents()) && 
+		if ((notificationSettings.isEnabledForRss() || notificationSettings.isEnabledForTorrents())
-				(forceReload || (piServerChecker == null && piRssChecker == null))) {
+				&& (forceReload || (piServerChecker == null && piRssChecker == null))) {
 
 			Log.d(context, "Boot signal received, starting server and rss checker background services");
 			// Schedule repeating alarms, with the first being (somewhat) in 1 second from now
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
 	public static void startAppUpdatesService(Context context) {
 		SystemSettings systemSettings = SystemSettings_.getInstance_(context);
 		AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
-		if (SystemSettings.enableUpdateChecker(context) && systemSettings.checkForUpdates() && piAppUpdates == null) {
+		if (NavigationHelper_.getInstance_(context).enableUpdateChecker() && systemSettings.checkForUpdates()
+				&& piAppUpdates == null) {
 
 			Log.d(context, "Boot signal received, starting app update checker service");
 			// Schedule a daily, with the first being (somewhat) in 1 second from now

full/res/values/bools.xml

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 -->
 <resources>
 
+	<!-- Used to enable checking for app updates in the background -->
+	<bool name="updatecheck_available">true</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the search UI -->
 	<bool name="search_available">true</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the RSS UI and background service -->

lite/res/values/bools.xml

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 -->
 <resources>
 
+	<!-- Used to enable checking for app updates in the background -->
+	<bool name="updatecheck_available">false</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the search UI -->
 	<bool name="search_available">false</bool>
 	<!-- Used to enable the RSS UI and background service -->