Android Utililty Methods Context Get

List of utility methods to do Context Get

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Description

The list of methods to do Context Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetSavedPostsPath(Context context)
get Saved Posts Path 
String dir = String.format("/Android/data/%s/files/",
        context.getPackageName());
File sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
String filePath = sd.getPath() + dir + "savedPosts.txt";
new File(sd.getPath() + dir).mkdirs();
return filePath;
floatgetScaledDensity(Context context)
get Scaled Density 
DisplayMetrics dm = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
return dm.scaledDensity;
intgetScenario(Context context, String filename, int widgetid, int defaultScenario)
get Scenario 
FileInputStream fis = null;
DataInputStream dis = null;
try {
    fis = context.openFileInput(filename);
    dis = new DataInputStream(fis);
    String line = null;
    do {
        line = dis.readLine();
...
char[]getSeed(Context context)
get Seed 
long installed = 0;
try {
    installed = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(
            "edu.uoc.esquelet.app", 0).firstInstallTime;
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return Long.toString(installed).toCharArray();
...
String[]getSelectedLangCodes(Context context, int[] indexes, boolean[] selectedItems, int codeResourceId)
returns an arrayList of language codes that are active. 
ArrayList<String> codes = new ArrayList<String>();
Resources res = context.getResources();
String[] allCodes = res.getStringArray(codeResourceId);
for (int i = 0; i < indexes.length; i++) {
    if (selectedItems[i]) {
        codes.add(allCodes[indexes[i]]);
return codes.toArray(new String[codes.size()]);
StringgetServiceMetaData(Context context, Class serviceClass, String key)
get Service Meta Data 
String data = null;
ServiceInfo info = null;
try {
    info = context.getPackageManager().getServiceInfo(
            new ComponentName(context, serviceClass),
            PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
...
Signature[]getSignatures(final Context context)
get Signatures 
PackageInfo packageInfo = context.getPackageManager()
        .getPackageInfo(getPackageName(context),
                PackageManager.GET_SIGNATURES);
Signature[] signatures = packageInfo.signatures;
return signatures;
StringgetSizeName(Context context)
get Size Name 
int screenLayout = context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout;
screenLayout &= Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK;
switch (screenLayout) {
case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_SMALL:
    return "small";
case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_NORMAL:
    return "normal";
case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE:
...
SpannablegetSmiledText(Context context, CharSequence text)
get Smiled Text 
Spannable spannable = spannableFactory.newSpannable(text);
addSmiles(context, spannable);
return spannable;
String[]getSmsId(Context context)
get Sms Id 
Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null,
        null, null);
String[] ids = new String[2];
while (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
    ids[0] = String.valueOf(cursor.getInt(0));
    ids[1] = String.valueOf(cursor.getInt(1));
    break;
...