ArrayAdapter Android without Context
android, android-arrayadapter
Solution
now what should i do with the first parameter
`getActivity()` returns an `Activity`, which will work well as your first parameter to your `ArrayAdapter` constructor. `Activity` inherits from `Context`.
I tried to pass "getActivity().getApplicationContext()" in the first parameter but the code crashed
Never call `getApplicationContext()` unless you know precisely why you are calling `getApplicationContext()`.
Problem
I want to implement an `ArrayAdapter` in my class which extends `Fragment` not `Activity`. The problem is what to pass in the first parameter of the constructor of ArrayAdapter. ``` ArrayAdapter<String> myAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(<what place here>,android.R.layout.simple_list_item1,anyarraylist); ``` Now what should i do with the first parameter? I tried to pass ``` getActivity().getApplicationContext() ``` in the first parameter but the code crashed. Please help me out. My logcat: ``` 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): java.lang.NullPointerException 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at com.search.pages.SearchResults.onCreateView(SearchResults.java:92) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:871) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1083) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:635) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1431) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:420) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626) 03-17 03:33:08.029: E/AndroidRuntime(596): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) ```