Question

So I have a broadcast receiver that needs to notify a service that it has received a text message. The only way to do this (as far as I know) is a static method. But the method that is notified need access to the application’s preferences.

Every method I have tried says that it cannot be accessed from a static method. So how do I access preferences from a static method?

Answer 1

The only way to do this (as far as I know) is a static method.

Hardly. In fact, that approach is not recommended.

If the service is supposed to be in memory when the broadcast is received, have the service register the BroadcastReceiver via registerReceiver() and handle it directly. If the service is not supposed to be in memory when the broadcast is received, use startService() to start the service and send over an Intent (picked up in onStart() of the service).

So how do I access preferences from a static method?

See Pentium10’s answer.