I am aware that using Context and a method getClass().getName() I can get a string which represent full class name, like com.package1.package2.MainActivity.
How can I get only the last part, class name only? In this case it would be MainActivity string.
I can do it with a simple split() method, but maybe there is a better way, more reliable.
This is all you need.
MainActivity.this.getClass().getSimpleName();
getLocalClassName() will return any package name within the root of the app. This returns class' name only, no matter if it's in root or in some other package.To get only the name of the class, not full path you will use this expression:
String className = this.getLocalClassName();
//or
String className = getBaseContext().getLocalClassName();
//or
String className = getApplicationContext().getLocalClassName();
Alternatively, you could use:
private static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();
If you need class name within a method, use getLocalClassName()
If you need class name outside a method, use getClass().getSimpleName()
If you want to reuse the class name in multiple methods within the same class, then use private final String TAG = getClass().getSimpleName(); within the class and then use TAG variable in every method.
If you want to access the class name from static methods, then use private static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName(); now use the static variable TAG within your static methods.
No matter what way you do it, you'll need to perform an extra operation on top of getClass. I'd recommend this over split:
String className = xxx.getClass();
int pos = className.lastIndexOf ('.') + 1;
String onlyClass = className.substring(pos);
split or substring.Use the getSimpleName method:
String name = getClass().getSimpleName();
In kotlin you should use:
val className = javaClass.simpleName
Kotlin way: MainActivity::class.java.simpleName
No other solutions work for me, dunno why. I'm using
this.getClass().getName().replace("$",".").split("\\.")[3]
cons: in one string, and you can use it in threads and listeners.
(in listeres I get something like com.djdance.android.main$53)
If you want to get the name outside the class you can call:
MainActivity.class.getSimpleName()
in this way you can avoid to make your class static.
