Display Toast from within static method in Android
android, methods, static, toast
Solution
Pass the context in as a parameter (in the call, use getApplicationContext() as the input) and in the static function, use context:
public static void setAuth(String a, Context context) {
...
Toast ifx = Toast.makeText(context, "Please enter name in correct format.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
...
}
And in the function call
setAuth("Some String",getApplicationContext());
Problem
I wish to display a toast to the screen when a certain condition is met within my static method as shown below: ``` public static void setAuth(String a) { String[] nameparts1; if (a.trim().isEmpty()) { author = "Author's Name"; firstinit1 = "Initial"; surname1 = "Surname"; } if (a == 'X') { Toast ifx = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter name in correct format.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); ifx.show(); } } ``` However this gives me the error: 'Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getApplicationContext() from the type ContextWrapper'. Hopefully I have provided enough information here. Any help would be much appreciated!