getResources does not work / undefined Java

Question

I have a problem with caling the getResources() function in an standard class. All imports must be there to use the function. Is there any special class I need to extend my class?

Thanks for the immediate help.

package com.example.helloandroid;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.ContextWrapper;

import android.content.res.Resources;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

//import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.util.Log;


public class DbAdapter {

    public DbAdapter() {
     Resources res = getResources();//error: The method getResources() is undefined for the type DbAdapter
            //also tyed context.getResources()
    }


}

score 31 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 02 '10 at 18:28

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getResouces is a method of a Context. So you can pass the context to your DbAdapter constructor and call getResources from it :

public DbAdapter(Context context) {
     Resources res = context.getResources();//error: The method getResources() is undefined for the type DbAdapter
            //also tied context.getResources()
}

edited Dec 02 '10 at 18:28

Buhake Sindi

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answered Dec 02 '10 at 18:26

ccheneson

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use getApplicationContext to get the application context that you will be sending to DbAdapter constructor. – Ben Apr 23 '13 at 11:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '20 at 21:06

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If your Adapter is for example an ArrayAdapter, you can use this:

getContext().getResources();

answered Mar 20 '20 at 21:06

Patapoom

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 13 '17 at 21:26

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Define Context's object and then call all the R.<Methods> with the help of context object .

Eg:

Context ctx;
ctx.getResources().getString(R.string.Forgot_message);

Above code is working for me .

edited Jan 13 '17 at 21:26

rafsanahmad007

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answered Oct 06 '15 at 11:45

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getResources does not work / undefined Java

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