I know what "this" is. What is confusing is that a lot of developers are using <class name>.this. It does not make sense to me to use <class name>.this. When I see <class name>.something it looks like a static access.
On Mar 12, 3:02 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 Developerhttp://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
