Android: Why does makeText work with Toast instance?

Question

I accidentally coded my Toast this way and it continues to work.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity  {

  private Toast mToast;

  ...

  private void onClickHandler(int itemIndex) {
    mToast = new Toast();
    mToast.makeText(this, String.valueOf(itemIndex), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
}

Given that makeText is a static method, why would the above work?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '17 at 01:39

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Because static methods and variables can also by accessed from an instance of the class

However, accessing them that way is considered bad practice

answered Jun 18 '17 at 01:39

Larpee

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Yep, that and Android Studio is one of the IDEs that highlights it as a suggested change as opposed to a compile error when using Java. Better yet, Kotlin doesn't tolerate using static methods from instances at all. – DaveNOTDavid Jun 18 '17 at 01:46

Android: Why does makeText work with Toast instance?

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