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What is the difference between getContext() , getApplicationContext() , getBaseContext() , and “this“?
Though this is simple question I am unable to understand the basic difference between them. Please give some easy examples if possible.
View.getContext(): Returns the context the view is currently running in. Usually the currently active Activity.Activity.getApplicationContext(): Returns the context for the entire application (the process all the Activities are running insideof). Use this instead of the current Activity context if you need a
context tied to the lifecycle of the entire application, not just the
current Activity.
ContextWrapper.getBaseContext(): If you need access to a Context from within another context, you use a ContextWrapper. TheContext referred to from inside that ContextWrapper is accessed via
getBaseContext().