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 public boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
        ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) 
          getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo networkInfo = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
        if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }     

private int _nVersionCode = 0;	
private boolean _bNewVersion = false;


// onCreate
     	 _nVersionCode   = this.getPackageManager()
     	.getPackageInfo(this.getPackageName(), 0).versionCode;
     	Log.d(String.valueOf(_nVersionCode), "versionCode");

// onStart loadPreferences
 public void loadPreferences() {
			//SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(F.PREFERENCES_NAME, 0);
			SharedPreferences settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
		int nOldVersionCode =	settings.getInt("_nVersionCode",  0);// old vesion
		if(_nVersionCode > nOldVersionCode)
			_bNewVersion = true;
	}

// onDestroy savePreferences	
	public void savePreferences() {
			SharedPreferences settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
			SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
			editor.putInt("_nVersionCode", _nVersionCode); // save current version code
			editor.commit();
	}