[android] How can I use getSystemService in a non-activity class (LocationManager)?

I'm having trouble offloading tasks from the main Activities OnCreate method onto another class to do the heavy lifting.

When I try to call getSystemService from the non-Activity class an exception is thrown.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

lmt.java:

package com.atClass.lmt;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.location.Location;

public class lmt extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        fyl lfyl = new fyl();
        Location location = lfyl.getLocation();
        String latLongString = lfyl.updateWithNewLocation(location);

        TextView myLocationText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myLocationText);
        myLocationText.setText("Your current position is:\n" + latLongString);
    }
}

fyl.java

package com.atClass.lmt;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.content.Context;

public class fyl {
    public Location getLocation(){
        LocationManager locationManager;
        String context = Context.LOCATION_SERVICE;
        locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(context);

        String provider = LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER;
        Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);

        return location;
    }

    public String updateWithNewLocation(Location location) {
        String latLongString;

        if (location != null){
            double lat = location.getLatitude();
            double lng = location.getLongitude();
            latLongString = "Lat:" + lat + "\nLong:" + lng;
        }else{
            latLongString = "No Location";
        }

        return latLongString;
    }
}

I don't know if this will help, but I did this:

LocationManager locationManager  = (LocationManager) context.getSystemService(context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

One way I have gotten around this is by create a static class for instances. I used it a lot in AS3 I has worked great for me in android development too.

Config.java

public final class Config {
    public static MyApp context = null;
}

MyApp.java

public class MyApp extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Config.context = this;
    }
    ...
}

You can then access the context or by using Config.context

LocationManager locationManager;
String context = Context.LOCATION_SERVICE;
locationManager = Config.context.getSystemService(context);

For some non-activity classes, like Worker, you're already given a Context object in the public constructor.

Worker(Context context, WorkerParameters workerParams)

You can just use that, e.g., save it to a private Context variable in the class (say, mContext), and then, for example

mContext.getSystenService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE)

Use this in Activity:

private Context context = this;

........
if(Utils.isInternetAvailable(context){
Utils.showToast(context, "toast");
}
..........

in Utils:

public class Utils {

    public static boolean isInternetAvailable(Context context) {
        ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        return cm.getActiveNetworkInfo() != null && cm.getActiveNetworkInfo().isConnected();
    }

}

You can go for this :

getActivity().getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);