android深入浅出——01 context介绍

抽象类context就相当于一双手，首先这只手拥有它身份的唯一性、其次这个手里头定义很多活，所以其实就是一个句柄加一个环境变量。

Context，中文直译为“上下文”，SDK中对其说明如下：

         Interface to global information about an application environment. This is an abstract class whose implementation

  is provided by the Android system. It allows access to application-specific resources and classes, as well as up-calls 

  for application-level operations such as launching activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, etc

从上可知一下三点,即：

        1、它描述的是一个应用程序环境的信息，即上下文。

        2、该类是一个抽象(abstract class)类，Android提供了该抽象类的具体实现类(ContextIml类)。

        3、通过它我们可以获取应用程序的资源和类，也包括一些应用级别操作，例如：启动一个Activity，发送广播，接受Intent

      信息 等。。

Context提供了关于应用环境全局信息的接口。它是一个抽象类，它的执行被Android系统所提供。它允许获取以应用为特征的资源和类型。同时启动应用级的操作，如启动Activity，broadcasting和接收intents。

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 

Context相关类的继承关系