Android Context from another class

Question

What I'm trying to do is the following...

FileInputStream fIn;
try {
fIn = openFileInput("samplefile.txt");
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fIn);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
isTrue = Boolean.parseBoolean(br.readLine());
Log.i("IN", "isTrue = " + isTrue);
}

But this is only going to work in the class that extends the Activity class within Android.

I have a "Settings" class which writes and reads the current games settings from a file, but this file has a lot of data I dont really want manipulated.

I was initially using a BufferedReader & BufferedWriter but I cannot set the data to Private which means anyone can just edit the file. With a OutputStreamWriter it is a little more secure at least

How do I get my excising "Settings" class (which has entirely static methods) to have access to the Context so I may use methods such as openFileInput

Nikola Despotoski · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-10 12:01:47Z

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Create constructor for your Settings class that has Context argument. Then when you instantiate the object from that class, just pass the your application context, thats it.

Constructor:

 public Settings(Context cont)
{
     //do something with the context, e.g assign it to some private variable of type Context

}

In your activity class:

Settings settings = new Settings(MyActivity.this);

answered Sep 10, 2011 at 12:01

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Ron Over a year ago

His Settings class has only static methods.

Ron · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-10 12:16:14Z

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Instead of passing context, it would be more appropriate to use Fileclass. You should avoid passing context to other classes whenever possible.

    File file = new File("sample.txt");
    InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);

Another alternative could be to pass the context to the method.

boolean isTrue = Settings.readBoolean(MyClass.this);

edited Sep 10, 2011 at 12:16

answered Sep 10, 2011 at 12:09

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raj kavadia · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-05 12:57:28Z

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If you are using multiple fragments with multiple activities than there is a shortcut method for getting the context. create a static class. define the context. whenever you are changing activity change the context. get the context in fragment using that static class. I know you can get the context in a fragment by getactivity() but if you are using some adapter or noncontext class this will be really helpful

answered Mar 5, 2019 at 12:57

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