Getting Context in onCreate in SQLiteOpenHelper

Question

In my android app: How can I get access to Context in the onCreate method of the SQLiteOpenHelper?

Armbruster

Answer 1

You extend SQLiteOpenHelper and in your own constructor, save it to a field. Then, later, in onCreate() you have access to the context.

Sholeen

This doesn't seem to work for me. I get a NPE when trying to access the member field during onCreate(). – Lyrist

Answer 2

You can extend that class and pass the context to the constructor, which stores it inside a variable. You then can access it from within the onCreate method.

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