Access to application class in Broadcast Receiver

Question

I want to check internet connection in Broadcast Receiver; And set result (A boolean flag) to a global variable, to use it on whole application, in if conditions; That if internet is disconnected, set a status imageview in main activity, to red image, and if connected, set it to green.

I followed this topic. But there is no getApplication() in Broadcast Receiver; And iI should use getApplicationContext() instead.

On another side, this topic:

when writing code in a broadcast receiver, which is not a context but is given a context in its onReceive method, you can only call getApplicationContext(). Which also means that you are not guaranteed to have access to your application in a BroadcastReceiver.

1. What are the concerns?

2. How can I access to my application class in broadcast Receiver?

3. Is there better solution to check internet connection, set global variable and change my status imageview?

Answer 1

You can access your Application class in BroadCastReceiver by using its context,

 @Override
 public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) {
   MyApplication mApplication = ((MyApplication)context.getApplicationContext());
 }