Question

I have an instance of an object created in my onCreate in my main android project. I have created a menu item which is outside of the menu item but I want to access the same instance. How do I do this? (I can’t make the instance global since the onCreate would not have been called yet.

public class My_Main extends Activity {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_my__main);
    final new_viewer pv = new new_viewer(this);
}
}

public void test()
{
//how can I get the same instance of pv here?
}

Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Make your private new_viewer pv; as Class Level Variable for My_Main Activity, like,

public class My_Main extends Activity {
 private new_viewer pv = null;
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_my__main);
    pv = new new_viewer(this);
 }


 public void test()
 {
 //Access pv here..
 }
}

Also Put your test() function inside of My_Main Activity scope..