Context English literal translation: contexts
Google Official documentation Overview:
Interface to global information on an application environment. This was an abstract class whose implementation was provided by the Android system. It allows access to application-specific resources and classes, as-well-up-calls for application-level operations such As launching activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, etc.
A global information interface for an application's running environment. This is an abstract class, and its implementation is provided by the Android system. It allows developers to access application-specific resources and types, as well as upstream calls to the application layer, such as starting activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, and so on.
In Android, we recognize the caller's instance through the Context class, which is used primarily to access and load resources.
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"Android Development" context class