Question

I need to use getString() from most of the modules in my application.

But for some strange reason, it is tied to Application or Context, so that means I need to pass to each and every class in my application, the Application reference as a parameter.

This clearly violates one of the most basic principles of object oriented design.

Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

Yes, there is a workaround – if you happen to (or can) pass a View (any View-derived class) to the constructor, and you assign it to a data member, then you can access the string resources from anywhere in your class:

String str_via_res = yourView.getContext().getString(R.string.str_via_res);

Otherwise, you will have to pass a Context to every class that needs access to these string resources.