Get Context in a Service

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Is there any reliable way to get a Context from a Service   I want to register a broadcast receiver for ACTION PHONE STATE CHANGED but I don t need my app to always get this information  so I don t put it in the Manifest    However  I can t have the broadcast receiver be killed by the GC when I need this information so I m registering the broadcast receiver in a Service    Hence  I need a Context to to call registerReceiver     When I no longer need the ACTION PHONE STATE CHANGED I unregister it   Any tips

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As Service is already a Context itself  you can even get it through   Context mContext   this    OR   Context mContext    class name  this        only specify the class name    mContext   JobServiceSchedule this

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just in case someone is getting NullPointerException  you need to get the context inside onCreate     Service is a Context  so do this    Override public void onCreate         super onCreate        context   this

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Service extends ContextWrapper which extends Context  Hence the Service is a Context  Use  this  keyword in the service

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Service is a Context

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Since Service is a Context  the variable context must be this   DataBaseManager dbm   Utils getDataManager this

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Service extends ContextWrapper ContextWrapper extends Context   So       Context context   this     in Service or Activity Class

[android] Get Context in a Service

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