application context

我们可以使用application context。application context伴随application的一生，与activity的生命周期无关。application context可以通过Context.getApplicationContext或者Activity.getApplication方法获取。

而制造Application context的方法在这里可以找到

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/708012/android-how-to-declare-global-variables/708317#708317

 

Java里面通常是用一个static的变量（例如singleton之类的）来同步activity之间（程序里面类之间）的状态。在android里面比较靠谱的做法是用application context来关联这些状态。

每个activity都是context，里面包含了运行时的状态。同样application也有一个context，android会保证这个context是唯一的实例。

做一个你自己的application context需要继承android.app.Application，然后在app的manifest里面说明这个类。android会自动帮你创建你这个类的实例，接着你用Context.getApplicationContext()方法就能在各个activity里

面获得这个application context了。

class MyApp extends Application {   private String myState;   public String getState(){     return myState;   }   public void setState(String s){     myState = s;   } } class Blah extends Activity {   @Override   public void onCreate(Bundle b){     ...     MyApp appState = ((MyApp)getApplicationContext());     String state = appState.getState();     ...   } }

下面介绍Context的一些get方法，通过这些get方法可以获取应用环境全局信息：

1.public abstract Context getApplicationContext ()

Return the context of the single, global Application object of the current process.

2.public abstract ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo ()

Return the full application info for this context's package.

3.public abstract ContentResolver getContentResolver ()

Return a ContentResolver instance for your application's package.

4.public abstract PackageManager getPackageManager ()

Return PackageManager instance to find global package information.

5.public abstract String getPackageName ()

Return the name of this application's package.

6.public abstract Resources getResources ()

Return a Resources instance for your application's package.

7.public abstract SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences (String name, int mode)

Retrieve and hold the contents of the preferences file 'name', returning a SharedPreferences through which you can retrieve and modify its values. Only one instance of the SharedPreferences object is returned to any callers for the same name, meaning they will see each other's edits as soon as they are made.

8.public final String getString (int resId)

Return a localized string from the application's package's default string table.

9.public abstract Object getSystemService (String name)

Return the handle to a system-level service by name. The class of the returned object varies by the requested name. Currently available names are:

参考博客：http://blog.chinaunix.net/space.php?uid=17102734&do=blog&id=2830227

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