How to get this Context in a static method

android

Solution

public class DetailMapView extends FragmentActivity {
        public static void updateLocation(Context context, String number, String LatLong){
             LatLogDBAdapter dbHelper = new LatLogDBAdapter(context);

       }

}

Add a `Context` as a parameter to your static method, and pass it in when you call the method.

Problem

I have a problem in initializing a new object using this in a static method. I have a database class like follow. ``` public class LatLogDBAdapter { private final Context mCtx; private DatabaseHelper mDbHelper; private SQLiteDatabase mDb; private static class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper { DatabaseHelper(Context context) { super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION); } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) { Log.w(TAG, DATABASE_CREATE); db.execSQL(DATABASE_CREATE); } } ``` I have a static method in a another class, in that static method I like to initialize DatabaseHelper using this Context, but the error is "Can't use this in a static context". My static method in a separate class is as follow, ``` public class DetailMapView extends FragmentActivity { public static void updateLocation(String number, String LatLong){ LatLogDBAdapter dbHelper = new LatLogDBAdapter(this); } } ``` How can I do it not to have error of "Can't use this in a static context". Thanks

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