Ah, sorry for my brief explanation. Basically, you have to decide what you want. You can either encapsulate your application using Application sub-class which all your activities can then access. Or, you can have a java class in which you store your global variables IF they don't change at runtime.
So, if you want the first option. Say you have an Application subclass
named MyApp. You would add it to the manifest file like
android:name="MyApp"
Android will use that class which you can then access from your activities
using Activity.getApplication() method.
So you can cast that to MyApp like so:
onCreate {
MyApp app = (MyApp) getApplication();
MyVar var = app.getVar();
}
If you want the second option, you'd create a class called Consts.java in
which you store static global variables.
So something like:
class Consts {
public final static String AppName = "SOMETHING";
}
Then from your activity you can access it like:
String appname = Consts.AppName
Also, you might want to change your font, it's a bit hard to read your
messages.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, David Williams <dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com
> wrote:
> Sorry, I am new to Java and Android.
>
> I don't get what you are saying. I added the following
> android:name="globalVars" to the manifest.
> But I still don't understand how I can get the value of the apiKey, which
> should be XXXXXXXXXXXX.
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> On 3/9/2011 6:16 PM, Miguel Morales wrote:
>
> If you define to use your custom application class in the android manifest
> file you can get the class from your activities.
>
> Inside your activity, simple use (MyAppliction) getAppliction() and then
> you can access your variables.
> If it's static global variables you're looking for. Then you would use
> MyApplication.MyStaticConst
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:11 PM, David Williams <
> dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, trying to do this but struggling.
>>
>> I created a class as follows:
>>
>> package com.dtwconsulting.golfcaddie;
>>
>> import android.app.Application;
>>
>> public class globalVars extends Application{
>>
>> public String apiKey = "XXXXXXXXXXXX";
>>
>> public String getApiKey() {
>> return apiKey;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Now, how do I get the value of the apiKey from somewhere else? Sorry,
>> this is just my lack of knowledge on Java here. I was hoping it was
>> something like globalVars.getApiKey(), but that doesn't seem to work.
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>> On 3/9/2011 3:24 PM, Chris Stewart wrote:
>>
>> I tend to do what TreKing suggested. I have a class called
>> CommonVariables that really holds static strings for Flurry event names, the
>> year parameter for my app (it's seasonal and changes once a year) which is
>> used all over the place, and things like that.
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>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:41 PM, David Williams <
>>> dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is the best way of going about setting up global variables?
>>>
>>>
>>> IDK about "best", but "easy": public static values somewhere that you
>>> set up in a custom Application class.
>>>
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