How Do I Get The Context From Within An Activity Class?

While I'm trying to initialize context using getActivity(), Android Studio shows an error 'could not resolve symbol'. How do I get the context from within an activity class?

Solution 1:

Don't use getActivity. Use this.

For example:

Contextcontext=this;

getActivity() is used if you are inside fragment. In an activity, you can get by using the this keyword.

By the way, inside an activity, you don't need to use context, getSharedPreferences() method is already present in Activity. Simply call getSharedPreferences() method without context reference.

Solution 2:

privatevoidsaveScore() {
    Context context = FullscreenActivity.this;
    SharedPreferences sharedPref = context.getSharedPreferences(getString(R.string.preference_file_key),  Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
}