Re: [android-developers] which is better to use to avoid mem leaks==> getbasecontext or getApplicationcontext

social hub wrote:
>
>
>
> public Context
> <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html>
> getApplicationContext ()
>
> Since: API Level 1
> <http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/api-levels.html#level1>
>
> Return the context of the single, global Application object of the
> current process.
>
>
> public Context
> <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html>
> getBaseContext ()
>
> Since: API Level 1
> <http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/api-levels.html#level1>
>
>
> Returns
>
> * the base context as set by the constructor or setBaseContext
>
> Since applicationcontext is global application object,
>
> To avoid objects retained in memory after activity is closed (assuming
> this application has lots of activities), its better to use getbasecontext
> Is my understanding right.?

Neither.

Activity is a Context.

Service is a Context.

If you need a Context, you already have one -- just use it.

Those methods are for special cases, not the normal case.

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