sms - Using static methods in Android with getApplicationContext()? -

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i working on app called drive mode allow user enter custom message in settings , have message auto-replied incoming text. (along other features of course) problem trying reference static string , using getapplicationcontext();

i grabbing text edittextpreference , trying access string in multiple activities.

fixed: problem fixed , have edited entire post better others possibly have same problem. thank help.

public class main extends activity implements onsharedpreferencechangelistener {      ...      public static string reply = "";      ...      public void loadpreferences() {         sharedpreferences settings = preferencemanager.getdefaultsharedpreferences(getapplicationcontext());         settings.registeronsharedpreferencechangelistener(main.this);          if (settings.getboolean("cbreply", true)) {             reply = settings.getstring("tbmessage", "@string/pd_message");             ...         } else {             ...         } 

you can make these methods static adding context parameter

public static void reply(context context) {     sharedpreferences settings = preferencemanager.getdefaultsharedpreferences(context);     final string message = settings.getstring("message", "@string/pd_message");      send(context, receiver.number, message); }  public void send(context context, string number, string message) {     pendingintent pi = pendingintent.getactivity(context, 0, new intent(context, main.class), 0);     smsmanager sm = smsmanager.getdefault();     if (receiver.number != "") {         sm.sendtextmessage(number, null, message, pi, null);     } }