Members

The members of Android.Content.Context are listed below.

Public Constructors

Context()

Protected Constructors

Context(IntPtr, Android.Runtime.JniHandleOwnership)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of JNI objects; called by the runtime.

Public Fields

const	AccessibilityService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.Accessibility.AccessibilityManager` for giving the user feedback for UI events through the registered event listeners.
const	AccountService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Accounts.AccountManager` for receiving intents at a time of your choosing.
const	ActivityService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.ActivityManager` for interacting with the global system state.
const	AlarmService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.AlarmManager` for receiving intents at a time of your choosing.
const	AppOpsService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.AppOpsManager` for tracking application operations on the device.
const	AppwidgetService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Appwidget.AppWidgetManager` for accessing AppWidgets.
const	AudioService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Media.AudioManager` for handling management of volume, ringer modes and audio routing.
const	BatteryService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.BatteryManager` for managing battery state.
const	BluetoothService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter` for using Bluetooth.
const	CameraService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.Camera2.CameraManager` for interacting with camera devices.
const	CaptioningService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.Accessibility.CaptioningManager` for obtaining captioning properties and listening for changes in captioning preferences.
const	ClipboardService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Text.ClipboardManager` for accessing and modifying the contents of the global clipboard.
const	ConnectivityService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Net.ConnectivityManager` for handling management of network connections.
const	ConsumerIrService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.ConsumerIrManager` for transmitting infrared signals from the device.
const	DevicePolicyService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.Admin.DevicePolicyManager` for working with global device policy management.
const	DisplayService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.Display.DisplayManager` for interacting with display devices.
const	DownloadService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.DownloadManager` for requesting HTTP downloads.
const	DropboxService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.DropBoxManager` instance for recording diagnostic logs.
const	InputMethodService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.InputMethods.InputMethodManager` for accessing input methods.
const	InputService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.Input.InputManager` for interacting with input devices.
const	JobSchedulerService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.Job.JobScheduler` instance for managing occasional background tasks.
const	KeyguardService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.NotificationManager` for controlling keyguard.
const	LauncherAppsService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Content.PM.LauncherApps` for querying and monitoring launchable apps across profiles of a user.
const	LayoutInflaterService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.LayoutInflater` for inflating layout resources in this context.
const	LocationService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Locations.LocationManager` for controlling location updates.
const	MediaProjectionService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Media.Projection.MediaProjectionManager` instance for managing media projection sessions.
const	MediaRouterService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Media.MediaRouter` for controlling and managing routing of media.
const	MediaSessionService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Media.Session.MediaSessionManager` for managing media Sessions.
const	NfcService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Nfc.NfcManager` for using NFC.
const	NotificationService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.NotificationManager` for informing the user of background events.
const	NsdService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Net.Nsd.NsdManager` for handling management of network service discovery
const	PowerService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.PowerManager` for controlling power management, including "wake locks," which let you keep the device on while you're running long tasks.
const	PrintService	string. `Android.Print.PrintManager` for printing and managing printers and print tasks.
const	RestrictionsService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Content.RestrictionsManager` for retrieving application restrictions and requesting permissions for restricted operations.
const	SearchService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.SearchManager` for handling searches.
const	SensorService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.SensorManager` for accessing sensors.
const	StorageService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.Storage.StorageManager` for accessing system storage functions.
const	TelecomService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Telecom.TelecomManager` to manage telecom-related features of the device.
const	TelephonyService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Telephony.TelephonyManager` for handling management the telephony features of the device.
const	TextServicesManagerService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.TextService.TextServicesManager` for accessing text services.
const	TvInputService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Media.TV.TvInputManager` for interacting with TV inputs on the device.
const	UiModeService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.App.UiModeManager` for controlling UI modes.
const	UsbService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Hardware.Usb.UsbManager` for access to USB devices (as a USB host) and for controlling this device's behavior as a USB device.
const	UserService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.UserManager` for managing users on devices that support multiple users.
const	VibratorService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.OS.Vibrator` for interacting with the vibration hardware.
const	WallpaperService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a com.android.server.
const	WifiP2pService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Net.Wifi.P2p.WifiP2pManager` for handling management of Wi-Fi peer-to-peer connections.
const	WifiService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Net.Wifi.WifiManager` for handling management of Wi-Fi access.
const	WindowService	string. Use with `Context.GetSystemService(string)` to retrieve a `Android.Views.IWindowManager` for accessing the system's window manager.

Public Properties

[read-only] abstract	ApplicationContext	Context. Return the context of the single, global Application object of the current process.
[read-only] abstract	ApplicationInfo	Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo. Return the full application info for this context's package.
[read-only] abstract	Assets	Android.Content.Res.AssetManager. Return an AssetManager instance for your application's package.
[read-only] abstract	CacheDir	Java.IO.File. Returns the absolute path to the application specific cache directory on the filesystem.
[read-only] abstract	ClassLoader	Java.Lang.ClassLoader. Return a class loader you can use to retrieve classes in this package.
[read-only] abstract	CodeCacheDir	Java.IO.File. Returns the absolute path to the application specific cache directory on the filesystem designed for storing cached code.
[read-only] abstract	ContentResolver	ContentResolver. Return a ContentResolver instance for your application's package.
[read-only] abstract	ExternalCacheDir	Java.IO.File. Returns the absolute path to the directory on the primary external filesystem (that is somewhere on `Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory` where the application can place cache files it owns.
[read-only] abstract	FilesDir	Java.IO.File. Returns the absolute path to the directory on the filesystem where files created with `Context.OpenFileOutput(string, Android.Content.FileCreationMode)` are stored.
[read-only]	IsRestricted	bool. Indicates whether this Context is restricted.
[read-only] abstract	MainLooper	Android.OS.Looper. Return the Looper for the main thread of the current process.
[read-only] abstract	NoBackupFilesDir	Java.IO.File. Returns the absolute path to the directory on the filesystem similar to `Context.FilesDir`.
[read-only] abstract	ObbDir	Java.IO.File. Return the primary external storage directory where this application's OBB files (if there are any) can be found.
[read-only] abstract	PackageCodePath	string. Return the full path to this context's primary Android package.
[read-only] abstract	PackageManager	Android.Content.PM.PackageManager. Return PackageManager instance to find global package information.
[read-only] abstract	PackageName	string. Return the name of this application's package.
[read-only] abstract	PackageResourcePath	string. Return the full path to this context's primary Android package.
[read-only] abstract	Resources	Android.Content.Res.Resources. Return a Resources instance for your application's package.
[read-only] abstract	Theme	Android.Content.Res.Resources.Theme. Return the Theme object associated with this Context.
[read-only] abstract	Wallpaper	Android.Graphics.Drawables.Drawable.
[read-only] abstract	WallpaperDesiredMinimumHeight	int.
[read-only] abstract	WallpaperDesiredMinimumWidth	int.

Protected Properties

[read-only] override	ThresholdClass	IntPtr. This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
[read-only] override	ThresholdType	Type. This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Public Methods

abstract	BindService(Intent, IServiceConnection, Bind) : bool Connect to an application service, creating it if needed.
abstract	CheckCallingOrSelfPermission(string) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether the calling process of an IPC or you have been granted a particular permission.
abstract	CheckCallingOrSelfUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether the calling process of an IPC or you has been granted permission to access a specific URI.
abstract	CheckCallingPermission(string) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether the calling process of an IPC you are handling has been granted a particular permission.
abstract	CheckCallingUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether the calling process and user ID has been granted permission to access a specific URI.
abstract	CheckPermission(string, int, int) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether the given permission is allowed for a particular process and user ID running in the system.
abstract	CheckUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, int, int, ActivityFlags) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Determine whether a particular process and user ID has been granted permission to access a specific URI.
abstract	CheckUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, string, string, int, int, ActivityFlags) : Android.Content.PM.Permission Check both a Uri and normal permission.
abstract	ClearWallpaper()
abstract	CreateConfigurationContext(Android.Content.Res.Configuration) : Context Return a new Context object for the current Context but whose resources are adjusted to match the given Configuration.
abstract	CreateDisplayContext(Android.Views.Display) : Context Return a new Context object for the current Context but whose resources are adjusted to match the metrics of the given Display.
abstract	CreatePackageContext(string, PackageContextFlags) : Context Return a new Context object for the given application name.
abstract	DatabaseList() : string[] Returns an array of strings naming the private databases associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	DeleteDatabase(string) : bool Delete an existing private SQLiteDatabase associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	DeleteFile(string) : bool Delete the given private file associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	EnforceCallingOrSelfPermission(string, string) If neither you nor the calling process of an IPC you are handling has been granted a particular permission, throw a `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforceCallingOrSelfUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags, string) If the calling process of an IPC or you has not been granted permission to access a specific URI, throw `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforceCallingPermission(string, string) If the calling process of an IPC you are handling has not been granted a particular permission, throw a `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforceCallingUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags, string) If the calling process and user ID has not been granted permission to access a specific URI, throw `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforcePermission(string, int, int, string) If the given permission is not allowed for a particular process and user ID running in the system, throw a `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforceUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, int, int, ActivityFlags, string) If a particular process and user ID has not been granted permission to access a specific URI, throw `Java.Lang.SecurityException`.
abstract	EnforceUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, string, string, int, int, ActivityFlags, string) Enforce both a Uri and normal permission.
abstract	FileList() : string[] Returns an array of strings naming the private files associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	GetDatabasePath(string) : Java.IO.File Returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a database created with `Context.OpenOrCreateDatabase(string, Android.Content.FileCreationMode, Android.Content.FileCreationMode)` is stored.
abstract	GetDir(string, FileCreationMode) : Java.IO.File Retrieve, creating if needed, a new directory in which the application can place its own custom data files.
	GetDrawable(int) : Android.Graphics.Drawables.Drawable Return a drawable object associated with a particular resource ID and styled for the current theme.
abstract	GetExternalCacheDirs() : Java.IO.File[] Returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all external storage devices where the application can place cache files it owns.
abstract	GetExternalFilesDir(string) : Java.IO.File Returns the absolute path to the directory on the primary external filesystem (that is somewhere on `Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory`) where the application can place persistent files it owns.
abstract	GetExternalFilesDirs(string) : Java.IO.File[] Returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all external storage devices where the application can place persistent files it owns.
abstract	GetExternalMediaDirs() : Java.IO.File[] Returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all external storage devices where the application can place media files.
abstract	GetFileStreamPath(string) : Java.IO.File Returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a file created with `Context.OpenFileOutput(string, Android.Content.FileCreationMode)` is stored.
abstract	GetObbDirs() : Java.IO.File[] Returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all external storage devices where the application's OBB files (if there are any) can be found.
abstract	GetSharedPreferences(string, FileCreationMode) : ISharedPreferences Retrieve and hold the contents of the preferences file 'name', returning a SharedPreferences through which you can retrieve and modify its values.
	GetString(int) : string Return a localized string from the application's package's default string table.
	GetString(int, params Java.Lang.Object[]) : string Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
abstract	GetSystemService(string) : Java.Lang.Object Return the handle to a system-level service by name.
	GetText(int) : string Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
	GetTextFormatted(int) : Java.Lang.ICharSequence Return a localized, styled CharSequence from the application's package's default string table.
abstract	GrantUriPermission(string, Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags) Grant permission to access a specific Uri to another package, regardless of whether that package has general permission to access the Uri's content provider.
	ObtainStyledAttributes(int[]) : Android.Content.Res.TypedArray Retrieve styled attribute information in this Context's theme.
	ObtainStyledAttributes(Android.Util.IAttributeSet, int[]) : Android.Content.Res.TypedArray Retrieve styled attribute information in this Context's theme.
	ObtainStyledAttributes(int, int[]) : Android.Content.Res.TypedArray Retrieve styled attribute information in this Context's theme.
	ObtainStyledAttributes(Android.Util.IAttributeSet, int[], int, int) : Android.Content.Res.TypedArray Retrieve styled attribute information in this Context's theme.
abstract	OpenFileInput(string) : System.IO.Stream Open a private file associated with this Context's application package for reading.
abstract	OpenFileOutput(string, FileCreationMode) : System.IO.Stream Open a private file associated with this Context's application package for writing.
abstract	OpenOrCreateDatabase(string, FileCreationMode, Android.Database.Sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.ICursorFactory) : Android.Database.Sqlite.SQLiteDatabase Open a new private SQLiteDatabase associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	OpenOrCreateDatabase(string, FileCreationMode, Android.Database.Sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.ICursorFactory, Android.Database.IDatabaseErrorHandler) : Android.Database.Sqlite.SQLiteDatabase Open a new private SQLiteDatabase associated with this Context's application package.
abstract	PeekWallpaper() : Android.Graphics.Drawables.Drawable
	RegisterComponentCallbacks(IComponentCallbacks) Add a new `Android.Content.IComponentCallbacks` to the base application of the Context, which will be called at the same times as the ComponentCallbacks methods of activities and other components are called.
abstract	RegisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter) : Intent Register a BroadcastReceiver to be run in the main activity thread.
abstract	RegisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter, string, Android.OS.Handler) : Intent Register to receive intent broadcasts, to run in the context of `scheduler`.
abstract	RemoveStickyBroadcast(Intent)
abstract	RemoveStickyBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle)
abstract	RevokeUriPermission(Android.Net.Uri, ActivityFlags) Remove all permissions to access a particular content provider Uri that were previously added with `Context.GrantUriPermission(string, Android.Net.Uri, Android.Net.Uri)`.
abstract	SendBroadcast(Intent) Broadcast the given intent to all interested BroadcastReceivers.
abstract	SendBroadcast(Intent, string) Broadcast the given intent to all interested BroadcastReceivers, allowing an optional required permission to be enforced.
abstract	SendBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle) Version of `Context.SendBroadcast(Intent)` that allows you to specify the user the broadcast will be sent to.
abstract	SendBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle, string) Version of `Context.SendBroadcast(Intent, System.String)` that allows you to specify the user the broadcast will be sent to.
abstract	SendOrderedBroadcast(Intent, string) Broadcast the given intent to all interested BroadcastReceivers, delivering them one at a time to allow more preferred receivers to consume the broadcast before it is delivered to less preferred receivers.
abstract	SendOrderedBroadcast(Intent, string, BroadcastReceiver, Android.OS.Handler, Android.App.Result, string, Android.OS.Bundle) Version of `Context.SendBroadcast(Intent)` that allows you to receive data back from the broadcast.
abstract	SendOrderedBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle, string, BroadcastReceiver, Android.OS.Handler, Android.App.Result, string, Android.OS.Bundle) Version of `Context.SendOrderedBroadcast(Intent, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.String)` that allows you to specify the user the broadcast will be sent to.
abstract	SendStickyBroadcast(Intent)
abstract	SendStickyBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle)
abstract	SendStickyOrderedBroadcast(Intent, BroadcastReceiver, Android.OS.Handler, Android.App.Result, string, Android.OS.Bundle)
abstract	SendStickyOrderedBroadcastAsUser(Intent, Android.OS.UserHandle, BroadcastReceiver, Android.OS.Handler, Android.App.Result, string, Android.OS.Bundle)
abstract	SetTheme(int) Set the base theme for this context.
abstract	SetWallpaper(Android.Graphics.Bitmap)
abstract	SetWallpaper(System.IO.Stream)
abstract	StartActivities(Intent[]) Same as `Context.StartActivities(Intent[], Android.OS.Bundle)` with no options specified.
abstract	StartActivities(Intent[], Android.OS.Bundle) Launch multiple new activities.
abstract	StartActivity(Intent) Same as `Context.StartActivity(Intent, Android.OS.Bundle)` with no options specified.
	StartActivity(Type) Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
abstract	StartActivity(Intent, Android.OS.Bundle) Launch a new activity.
abstract	StartInstrumentation(ComponentName, string, Android.OS.Bundle) : bool Start executing an `Android.App.Instrumentation` class.
abstract	StartIntentSender(IntentSender, Intent, ActivityFlags, ActivityFlags, int) Same as `Context.StartIntentSender(IntentSender, Android.Content.Intent, Android.Content.Intent, Android.Content.Intent, Android.Content.Intent, Android.Content.Intent)` with no options specified.
abstract	StartIntentSender(IntentSender, Intent, ActivityFlags, ActivityFlags, int, Android.OS.Bundle) Like `Context.StartActivity(Intent, Android.OS.Bundle)`, but taking a IntentSender to start.
abstract	StartService(Intent) : ComponentName Request that a given application service be started.
abstract	StopService(Intent) : bool Request that a given application service be stopped.
abstract	UnbindService(IServiceConnection) Disconnect from an application service.
	UnregisterComponentCallbacks(IComponentCallbacks) Remove a `Android.Content.IComponentCallbacks` object that was previously registered with `Context.RegisterComponentCallbacks(IComponentCallbacks)`.
abstract	UnregisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver) Unregister a previously registered BroadcastReceiver.