Android: getString(R.string in static method

Question

When programming for Android sometimes you have to use static methods. But when you try to acces you resources in a static method with getString(R.string.text) you'll get an error. Making it static doesn't works.

Does anyone knows a good way around this because the resource files in Android are very helpfull for creating things in different languages or making changes to a text.

Answer 1

One way or another, you'll need a Context for that... For static methods this probably means you need to pass along a Context when calling them.

Answer 2

Pass in a Context (i.e. Activity) instance as a parameter object to static method. Then invoke getString on the parameter.