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Discussion in 'Android Development' started by jazzninja, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. jazzninja

    jazzninja Lurker
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    Hey,
    I'm not sure why we need to call Context in app programming. What does it do?
    Thanks
     


    #1 jazzninja, Feb 7, 2011

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  2. Tapirboy

    Tapirboy Newbie

    Context is the superclass for activities, services, broadcastreceivers etc and gives you fundamental functionality as startService, startActivity, sendBroadcast etc.

    Read more:

    Context | Android Developers
     
    #2 Tapirboy, Feb 14, 2011
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