I am aware of the availability of Context.getApplicationContext() and View.getContext(), through which I can actually call Context.getPackageName() to retrieve the package name of an application.
They work if I call from a method to which a View
or an Activity
object is available, but if I want to find the package name from a totally independent class with no View
or Activity
, is there a way to do that (directly or indirectly)?
An idea is to have a static variable in your main activity, instantiated to be the package name. Then just reference that variable.
You will have to initialize it in the main activity's onCreate()
method:
Global to the class:
public static String PACKAGE_NAME;
Then..
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
PACKAGE_NAME = getApplicationContext().getPackageName();
}
You can then access it via Main.PACKAGE_NAME
.