How to reference the current or main activity from another class

Question

I often find myself needing to access methods that require referencing some activity. For example, to use getWindowManager, I need to access some Activity. But ofte

Answer 1

public static Activity getLaunchActivity()
{
    final Class activityThreadClass = Class.forName("android.app.ActivityThread");

    final Method methodApp = activityThreadClass.getMethod("currentApplication");
    App = (Application) methodApp.invoke(null, (Object[]) null);
    Intent launcherIntent = App.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(App.getPackageName());
    launchActivityInfo = launcherIntent.resolveActivityInfo(App.getPackageManager(), 0);
    Class clazz;
    try
    {
        clazz = Class.forName(launchActivityInfo.name);
        if(clazz != null)
            return Activity.class.cast(clazz.newInstance());
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {}

    return null;
}