- Avoiding accessing shared preferences to know if emoticons should be parsed for every single message

- Adding support to show online status in Conversations overview (configurable via the setting "send_button_status")

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diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tzur/conversations/Settings.java b/src/main/java/de/tzur/conversations/Settings.java
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+package de.tzur.conversations;
+
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+/**
+ * This class is used to provide access to settings which have to be accessed frequently.
+ * Every setting in this class has to be updated using @see SettingsActivity#onSharedPreferenceChanged.
+ */
+public final class Settings {
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the settings provided via this static class.
+     * @param preferences the shared preferences of the app.
+     */
+    public static void initSettingsClassWithPreferences(SharedPreferences preferences) {
+        Log.d("SETTING", "Initializing settings");
+        String[] preferenceNames = { "parse_emoticons", "send_button_status" };
+        for (String name : preferenceNames) {
+            Settings.synchronizeSettingsClassWithPreferences(preferences, name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Synchronizes the setting value in this class on settings update in SettingsActivity.
+     * @param preferences the shared preferences of the app.
+     * @param name the name of the setting to synchronize.
+     */
+    public static void synchronizeSettingsClassWithPreferences(SharedPreferences preferences, String name) {
+        Log.d("SETTING", "Synchronizing settings");
+        switch (name) {
+            case "parse_emoticons":
+                Settings.PARSE_EMOTICONS = preferences.getBoolean(name, Settings.PARSE_EMOTICONS);
+                break;
+            case "send_button_status":
+                Settings.SHOW_ONLINE_STATUS = preferences.getBoolean(name, Settings.SHOW_ONLINE_STATUS);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Boolean if emoticons should be parsed to emoticons or not.
+     */
+    public static boolean PARSE_EMOTICONS = false;
+    /**
+     * Boolean if online status should be shown or not.
+     */
+    public static boolean SHOW_ONLINE_STATUS = false;
+
+    /**
+     * This is a utility class - private constructor avoids any instantiation.
+     */
+    private Settings() {
+        // Private constructor to avoid instantiation
+    }
+}