What is 'Context' on Android?

Question

In Android programming, what exactly is a Context class and what is it used for?

I read about it on the developer site, but I am unable to understand it

Answer 1

Context is an interface to global information about an application environment. It's an abstract class whose implementation is provided by the Android system.

Context allows access to application-specific resources and classes, as well as calls for application-level operations such as launching activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, etc.

Here is Example

 public class MyActivity extends Activity {

      public void Testing() {

      Context actContext = this; /*returns the Activity Context since   Activity extends Context.*/

      Context appContext = getApplicationContext();    /*returns the context of the single, global Application object of the current process. */

      Button BtnShowAct1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnGoToAct1);
      Context BtnContext = BtnShowAct1.getContext();   /*returns the context of the View. */

For more details you can visit http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html