de.dimensionv.android.androtools.general

Class ContextTools

java.lang.Object

de.dimensionv.android.androtools.general.ContextTools

public class ContextTools
extends Object

Useful collection of methods that revolve around the Context-object or require its use.

Since:

API 1.0.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContextTools()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Context	getApplicationContext(Context context) Returns the application Context.
static String	getApplicationName(Context context) Returns the application's name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContextTools

public ContextTools()

Method Detail

getApplicationContext

public static Context getApplicationContext(Context context)

Returns the application Context.

If the application-context provided by the given Context-object returns null, it is safe to assume that it is the application-context already, so it is plainly returned.

Parameters:

context - The Context-object to request the application-context from.

Returns:

The application-context.

Since:

Class 1.0, API 1.0.0

getApplicationName

public static String getApplicationName(Context context)

Returns the application's name.

Parameters:

context - The The Context-object to use for retrieving the application-name.

Returns:

The application's name or "Unknown" if a retrieval was not possible for some reason.

Since:

Class 1.0, API 1.0.0