How to get the current context?

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I want to use it in my array adapter. When I put this in a sub-activity to create an adapter it does not work.

score 37 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 15 '18 at 12:38

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getApplicationContext() can get the context value

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answered Jan 18 '11 at 08:29

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This returns application context, not the current context, both are different. – Sreekanth Karumanaghat May 29 '17 at 06:06

score 32 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 07:12

You can get context a few ways:

By the Activity, using Your_Activity_Name.this

By the application, using getApplicationContext()

By the View, using Your_View.getContext()

The only one I would not recommend is using getBaseContext(). If you need something universal, have a public static variable in your main activity and assign the application context to it when your app starts. This way you can always call Your_Activity.your_context_variable

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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You can use getBaseContext() but this is not a local context.

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answered Jan 18 '11 at 07:49

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 11 '14 at 00:53

Besides the correct previous answers, you may want to think about refactoring your code if you've come to the point where you need to access "your" context from a sub activity. When you create a sub activity (ie: startActivityForResult) you are truly waiting for a result, not for an action in the caller activity. Then, when the sub activity has finished (and you have the result of its calculations), you can access your context in a proper way. It just doesn't seem fine that the subactivity is aware of its creator, not to mention interact with it.

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