Android: How do you access a string-array from strings.xml in a custom class?

Question

I'd like to get my string-array without extending Activity in my custom class. Is there a way to do this?

String[] foo_array = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.foo_array); will not work without extending Activity, so I need a work-around.

Answer 1

Pass the context to the constructor of custom class and use the same

new CustomClass(ActivityName.this); 

Then

Context mContext; public CustomClass(Context context) {     mContext = context; } 

use the context

String[] foo_array = mContext.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.foo_array); 

Also keep in mind

Do not keep long-lived references to a context-activity (a reference to an activity should have the same life cycle as the activity itself)

http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2009/01/avoiding-memory-leaks.html

Also check this

android getResources() from non-Activity class

Edit:

Change this

public class CustomClass(Context context)  { } 

To

public class CustomClass {    Context mContext;    public CustomClass(Context context) // constructor     {     mContext = context;    } }