Here you can find the source of getAppContext()
public static Context getAppContext()
//package com.java2s; /**// w w w . j a v a 2s .c om * Copyright (C) 2012 Hyperionics Technology LLC <http://www.hyperionics.com> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import android.app.Application; import android.content.Context; import java.lang.reflect.Method; public class Main { private static Application myApp = getApp(); public static Context getAppContext() { if (getApp() != null) return getApp().getApplicationContext(); return null; } public static Application getApp() { if (myApp == null) { try { final Class<?> activityThreadClass = Class .forName("android.app.ActivityThread"); final Method method = activityThreadClass .getMethod("currentApplication"); myApp = (Application) method.invoke(null, (Object[]) null); } catch (Exception e) { // handle exception } } // below gives me /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.hyperionics.pdfxTest/cache/tmpPdfx // File file = new File(app.getApplicationContext().getExternalCacheDir(), "tmpPdfx"); return myApp; } }