Android global variable

Question

How can I create global variable keep remain values around the life cycle of the application regardless which activity running..

Answer 1

Try Like This:

Create a shared data class:

SharedData.java

import android.app.Application;

/**
 * Created by kundan on 6/23/2015.
 */
public class Globals {


    private static Globals instance = new Globals();

    // Getter-Setters
    public static Globals getInstance() {
        return instance;
    }

    public static void setInstance(Globals instance) {
        Globals.instance = instance;
    }

    private String notification_index;


    private Globals() {

    }


    public String getValue() {
        return notification_index;
    }


    public void setValue(String notification_index) {
        this.notification_index = notification_index;
    }



}

Declared/Initiaze an instance of class globally in those classes where you want to set/get data (using this code before onCreate() method):-

Globals sharedData = Globals.getInstance();

Set data:

sharedData.setValue("kundan");

Get data:

String n = sharedData.getValue();

Answer 2

// My Class Global Variables  Save File Global.Java
public class Global {
    public static int myVi; 
    public static String myVs;
}

// How to used on many Activity

Global.myVi = 12;
Global.myVs = "my number";
........
........
........
int i;
int s;
i = Global.myVi;
s = Global.myVs + " is " + Global.myVi;

Answer 3

Use SharedPreferences to store and retrieve global variables.

SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
String userid = preferences.getString("userid", null);

Answer 4

There are a few different ways you can achieve what you are asking for.

1.) Extend the application class and instantiate your controller and model objects there.

public class FavoriteColorsApplication extends Application {

    private static FavoriteColorsApplication application;
    private FavoriteColorsService service;

    public FavoriteColorsApplication getInstance() {
        return application;
    }

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

    private void initialize() {
        service = new FavoriteColorsService();
    }

    public FavoriteColorsService getService() {
        return service;
    }

}

Then you can call the your singleton from your custom Application object at any time:

public class FavoriteColorsActivity extends Activity {

private FavoriteColorsService service = null;
private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
private List<String> favoriteColors = new ArrayList<String>();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_favorite_colors);

    service = ((FavoriteColorsApplication) getApplication()).getService();
    favoriteColors = service.findAllColors();

    ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.favoriteColorsListView);
    adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.favorite_colors_list_item,
            favoriteColors);
    lv.setAdapter(adapter);
}

2.) You can have your controller just create a singleton instance of itself:

public class Controller {
    private static final String TAG = "Controller";
    private static sController sController;
    private Dao mDao;

    private Controller() {
        mDao = new Dao();    
    }

    public static Controller create() {
        if (sController == null) {
            sController = new Controller();
        }
        return sController;
    }
}

Then you can just call the create method from any Activity or Fragment and it will create a new controller if one doesn't already exist, otherwise it will return the preexisting controller.

3.) Finally, there is a slick framework created at Square which provides you dependency injection within Android. It is called Dagger. I won't go into how to use it here, but it is very slick if you need that sort of thing.

I hope I gave enough detail in regards to how you can do what you are hoping for.

Answer 5

I checked for similar answer, but those given here don't fit my needs. I find something that, from my point of view, is what you're looking for. The only possible black point is a security matter (or maybe not) since I don't know about security.

I suggest using Interface (no need to use Class with constructor and so...), since you only have to create something like :

public interface ActivityClass {

    public static final String MYSTRING_1 = "STRING";

    public static final int MYINT_1 = 1;

}

Then you can access everywhere within your classes by using the following:

int myInt = ActivityClass.MYINT_1;
String myString = ActivityClass.MYSTRING_1;

Answer 6

You can create a Global Class like this:

public class GlobalClass extends Application{

    private String name;
    private String email;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String aName) {
        name = aName;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String aEmail) {
        email = aEmail;
    }
}

Then define it in the manifest:

<application
    android:name="com.example.globalvariable.GlobalClass" ....

Now you can set values to global variable like this:

final GlobalClass globalVariable = (GlobalClass) getApplicationContext();
globalVariable.setName("Android Example context variable");

You can get those values like this:

final GlobalClass globalVariable = (GlobalClass) getApplicationContext();
final String name  = globalVariable.getName();

Please find complete example from this blog Global Variables