getString Outside of a Context or Activity

Issue

I've found the R.string pretty awesome for keeping hardcoded strings out of my code, and I'd like to keep using it in a utility class that works with models in my application to generate output. For instance, in this case I am generating an email from a model outside of the activity.

Is it possible to use getString outside a Context or Activity? I suppose I could pass in the current activity, but it seems unnecessary. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

Edit: Can we access the resources without using Context?

Solution

Yes, we can access resources without using `Context`

You can use:

Resources.getSystem().getString(android.R.string.somecommonstuff)

... everywhere in your application, even in static constants declarations. Unfortunately, it supports the system resources only.

For local resources use this solution. It is not trivial, but it works.

Answered By - Gangnus