Android中Context簡介

Context字面意思是上下文，位於framework package的android.content.Context中，其實該類為LONG型，類似Win32中的Handle句柄。很多方法需要通過 Context才能識別調用者的實例：比如說Toast的第一個參數就是Context，一般在Activity中我們直接用this代替，代表調用者的實例為Activity，而到了一個button的onClick(View view)等方法時，我們用this時就會報錯，所以我們可能使用ActivityName.this來解決，主要原因是因為實現Context的類主要有Android特有的幾個模型，Activity以及Service。

Context提供了關於應用環境全局信息的接口。它是一個抽象類，它的執行被Android系統所提供。它允許獲取以應用為特徵的資源和類型。同時啟動應用級的操作，如啟動Activity，broadcasting和接收intents。

下面介紹Context的一些get方法，通過這些get方法可以獲取應用環境全局信息：

1.public abstract Context getApplicationContext ()

Return the context of the single, global Application object of the current process.

2.public abstract ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo ()

Return the full application info for this context's package.

3.public abstract ContentResolver getContentResolver ()

Return a ContentResolver instance for your application's package.

4.public abstract PackageManager getPackageManager ()

Return PackageManager instance to find global package information.

5.public abstract String getPackageName ()

Return the name of this application's package.

6.public abstract Resources getResources ()

Return a Resources instance for your application's package.

7.public abstract SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences (String name, int mode)

Retrieve and hold the contents of the preferences file 'name', returning a SharedPreferences through which you can retrieve and modify its values. Only one instance of the SharedPreferences object is returned to any callers for the same name, meaning they will see each other's edits as soon as they are made.

8.public final String getString (int resId)

Return a localized string from the application's package's default string table.

9.public abstract Object getSystemService (String name)

Return the handle to a system-level service by name. The class of the returned object varies by the requested name. Currently available names are: