AndroidAppHelper

extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.app.AndroidAppHelper

Class Overview

Contains various methods for information about the current app.

For historical reasons, this class is in the android.app package. It can't be moved without breaking compatibility with existing modules.

Summary

Public Methods
static Application	currentApplication() Returns the main `Application` object in the current process.
static ApplicationInfo	currentApplicationInfo() Returns information about the main application in the current process.
static String	currentPackageName() Returns the Android package name of the main application in the current process.
static String	currentProcessName() Returns the name of the current process.
static SharedPreferences	getDefaultSharedPreferencesForPackage(String packageName) This method is deprecated. Use `XSharedPreferences` instead.
static SharedPreferences	getSharedPreferencesForPackage(String packageName, String prefFileName, int mode) This method is deprecated. Use `XSharedPreferences` instead.
static void	reloadSharedPreferencesIfNeeded(SharedPreferences pref) This method is deprecated. Use `XSharedPreferences.reload()` instead.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

Public Methods

public static Application currentApplication ()

Returns the main Application object in the current process.

In a few cases, multiple apps might run in the same process, e.g. the SystemUI and the Keyguard which both have android:process="com.android.systemui" set in their manifest. In those cases, the first application that was initialized will be returned.

public static ApplicationInfo currentApplicationInfo ()

Returns information about the main application in the current process.

public static String currentPackageName ()

Returns the Android package name of the main application in the current process.

public static String currentProcessName ()

Returns the name of the current process. It's usually the same as the main package name.

public static SharedPreferences getDefaultSharedPreferencesForPackage (String packageName)

This method is deprecated.
Use XSharedPreferences instead.

public static SharedPreferences getSharedPreferencesForPackage (String packageName, String prefFileName, int mode)