Using getResources() in non-activity class

Question

You will have to pass a context object to it. Either this if you have a reference to the class in an activty, or getApplicationContext()

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        RegularClass regularClass = new RegularClass(this);
    }
}

Then you can use it in the constructor (or set it to an instance variable):

public class RegularClass(){
    private Context context;

    public RegularClass(Context current){
        this.context = current;
    }

    public findResource(){
        context.getResources().getXml(R.xml.samplexml);
    }
}

Where the constructor accepts Context as a parameter

Its not a good idea to pass Context objects around. This often will lead to memory leaks. My suggestion is that you don't do it. I have made numerous Android apps without having to pass context to non-activity classes in the app. A better idea would be to get the resources you need access to while your in the Activity or Fragment, and hold onto it in another class. You can then use that class in any other classes in your app to access the resources, without having to pass around Context objects.

There is one more way without creating a object also. Check the reference. Thanks for @cristian. Below I add the steps which mentioned in the above reference. For me I don't like to create a object for that and access. So I tried to access the getResources() without creating a object. I found this post. So I thought to add it as a answer.

Follow the steps to access getResources() in a non activity class without passing a context through the object.

• Create a subclass of Application, for instance public class App extends Application {. Refer the code next to the steps.
• Set the android:name attribute of your <application> tag in the AndroidManifest.xml to point to your new class, e.g. android:name=".App"
• In the onCreate() method of your app instance, save your context (e.g. this) to a static field named app and create a static method that returns this field, e.g. getContext().
• Now you can use: App.getContext() whenever you want to get a context, and then we can use App.getContext().getResources() to get values from the resources.

This is how it should look:

public class App extends Application{

    private static Context mContext;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        mContext = this;
    }

    public static Context getContext(){
        return mContext;
    }
}

here is my answer:

public class WigetControl {
private Resources res;

public WigetControl(Resources res) 
{
    this.res = res;
}

public void setButtonDisable(Button mButton)
{
    mButton.setBackgroundColor(res.getColor(R.color.loginbutton_unclickable));
    mButton.setEnabled(false);
}

}

and the call can be like this:

        WigetControl control = new WigetControl(getResources());
        control.setButtonDisable(btNext);

this can be done by using

context.getResources().getXml(R.xml.samplexml);

We can use context Like this try now Where the parent is the ViewGroup.

Context context = parent.getContext();