How can I get a resource content from a static con

Question

I want to read strings from an xml file before I do much of anything else like setText on widgets, so how can I do that without an activity object to call getResources() on?

Answer 1

Use

Resources.getSystem().getString(android.R.string.cancel)

You can use them everywhere in your application, even in static constants declarations! But for system resources only!

Answer 2

public Static Resources mResources;

 @Override
     public void onCreate()
     {
           mResources = getResources();
     }

Answer 3

In your class, where you implement the static function, you can call a private\public method from this class. The private\public method can access the getResources.

for example:

public class Text {

   public static void setColor(EditText et) {
      et.resetColor(); // it works

      // ERROR
      et.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.Black)); // ERROR
   }

   // set the color to be black when reset
   private void resetColor() {
       setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.Black));
   }
}

and from other class\activity, you can call:

Text.setColor('some EditText you initialized');

Answer 4

I like shortcuts.

I use App.getRes() instead of App.getContext().getResources() (as @Cristian answered)

What? It is very simple to use anywhere in your app!

So here is a unique solution by which you can access resources from anywhere like Util class .

(1) Create or Edit your Application class.

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.res.Resources;

public class App extends Application {
    private static App mInstance;
    private static Resources res;


    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        mInstance = this;
        res = getResources();
    }

    public static App getInstance() {
        return mInstance;
    }

    public static Resources getResourses() {
        return res;
    }

}

(2) Add name field to your manifest.xml <application tag. (or Skip this if already there)

<application
        android:name=".App"
        ...
        >
        ...
    </application>

Now you are good to go. Use App.getRes().getString(R.string.some_id) anywhere in app.

Answer 5

The Singleton:

package com.domain.packagename;

import android.content.Context;

/**
 * Created by Versa on 10.09.15.
 */
public class ApplicationContextSingleton {
    private static PrefsContextSingleton mInstance;
    private Context context;

    public static ApplicationContextSingleton getInstance() {
        if (mInstance == null) mInstance = getSync();
        return mInstance;
    }

    private static synchronized ApplicationContextSingleton getSync() {
        if (mInstance == null) mInstance = new PrefsContextSingleton();
        return mInstance;
    }

    public void initialize(Context context) {
        this.context = context;
    }

    public Context getApplicationContext() {
        return context;
    }

}

Initialize the Singleton in your Application subclass:

package com.domain.packagename;

import android.app.Application;

/**
 * Created by Versa on 25.08.15.
 */
public class mApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        ApplicationContextSingleton.getInstance().initialize(this);
    }
}

If I´m not wrong, this gives you a hook to applicationContext everywhere, call it with ApplicationContextSingleton.getInstance.getApplicationContext(); You shouldn´t need to clear this at any point, as when application closes, this goes with it anyway.

Remember to update AndroidManifest.xml to use this Application subclass:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.domain.packagename"
    >

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:name=".mApplication" <!-- This is the important line -->
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    android:icon="@drawable/app_icon"
    >

Now you should be able to use ApplicationContextSingleton.getInstance().getApplicationContext().getResources() from anywhere, also the very few places where application subclasses can´t.

Please let me know if you see anything wrong here, thank you. :)

Answer 6

1. Create a subclass of Application, for instance public class App extends Application {
2. Set the android:name attribute of your <application> tag in the AndroidManifest.xml to point to your new class, e.g. android:name=".App"
3. In the onCreate() method of your app instance, save your context (e.g. this) to a static field named mContext and create a static method that returns this field, e.g. getContext():

This is how it should look:

public class App extends Application{

    private static Context mContext;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        mContext = this;
    }

    public static Context getContext(){
        return mContext;
    }
}

Now you can use: App.getContext() whenever you want to get a context, and then getResources() (or App.getContext().getResources()).