*> Context c = Main_Activity.this;* And you probably don't need to do this... Since Activity inherits from Context it is already a Context by definition... so from within your Activity class you can just use "this" for any code that takes a Context as a parameter.
Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Justin Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > Remove the Main_Activity part... It isn't needed. > > You should probably brush up a bit on Java as well... Here is a link to > some info about how and why "this" works the way it does: > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/thiskey.html > > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:36 PM, bob <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't understand why it lets me do something like this in onCreate: >> >> Context c = Main_Activity.this; >> >> That sure looks like a static access. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 12, 12:46 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > What does your code look like? The "this" keyword is not accessed >> > statically... it is a member of your class instance. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Justin Anderson >> > MagouyaWare Developerhttp://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:42 PM, bob <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I tried accessing Main_Activity.this, but Eclipse says: >> > >> > > No enclosing instance of the type Main_Activity is accessible in >> > > scope. >> > >> > > I don't know why it won't let me do it. >> > >> > > On Mar 12, 11:44 am, Carlos Silva <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > "this" on a class that extends Activity isn't simple enough? >> > >> > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 17:39, bob <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > Why is there no static function like >> Activity.getCurrentActivity()? >> > >> > > > > Right now, I am saving the Activity in a static variable in >> onCreate >> > > > > so I can access it easily later on. I suspect there must be a >> better >> > > > > way. >> > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > > > > To post to this group, send email to >> > > [email protected] >> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > > > [email protected] >> > > > > For more options, visit this group at >> > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected] >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
