How to create Context object, which is required in calling SQLiteOpenHelper constructor

Question

I am creating some hack kind of thing in existing android code to verify database creation and its accessibility across layers in application.

For this I have modified an existing function of .java file but I am facing an issue while calling constructor of SQLiteOpenHelper.

The signature is SQLiteOpenHelper(Context context, String name, SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory factory, int version)

And I don't know how to create this Context instance. From googling I am seeing it is being some kind of activity class instance.

What ways are there to create this Context instance? Do we have to have activity class implemented?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Have a look at this question. It shows how to obtain a reference to the current Context object statically.

The gist of it is that you have to store a reference to the context that can be accessed statically from other sections of code.

P.S. You can't really "create" a context. That is something that is provided to you by the Android platform.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Jul 09 '12 at 15:27

Mike Dinescu

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 22 '12 at 17:34

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Just call:

this.getApplicationContext()

from wherever you are trying to create the instance of SQLiteOpenHelper.

edited Sep 22 '12 at 17:34

j0k

answered Sep 17 '12 at 13:47

Security Tim

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