Different ways of getting a string resource

Question

What is the difference between getResources().getString(...) and getString() when called from my activity? I read that getText(...) returns stylized text, but when should I use getResources() as opposed to directly calling getString()?

Answer 1

They are the same nothing special about them if you fetch the Android source code and specially the Context Class for exemple

 public final String getString(int resId) {
     return getResources().getString(resId);
 }

Answer 2

getString() is a convenient way since it is used regularly (you don't need to type getResources()…). Other than that, they're same.