getString Outside of a Context or Activity

Yes, we can access resources without using `Context`

You can use:

Resources.getSystem().getString(android.R.string.somecommonstuff)

... everywhere in your application, even in static constants declarations. Unfortunately, it supports the system resources only.

For local resources use this solution. It is not trivial, but it works.

##Unique Approach

##App.getRes().getString(R.string.some_id)

This will work everywhere in app. (Util class, Dialog, Fragment or any class in your app)

(1) Create or Edit (if already exist) your Application class.

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.res.Resources;

public class App extends Application {
    private static App mInstance;
    private static Resources res;


    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        mInstance = this;
        res = getResources();
    }

    public static App getInstance() {
        return mInstance;
    }

    public static Resources getRes() {
        return res;
    }

}

(2) Add name field to your manifest.xml <application tag.

<application
        android:name=".App"
        ...
        >
        ...
    </application>

Now you are good to go. Use App.getRes().getString(R.string.some_id) anywhere in app.

Unfortunately, the only way you can access any of the string resources is with a Context (i.e. an Activity or Service). What I've usually done in this case, is to simply require the caller to pass in the context.

In MyApplication, which extends Application:

public static Resources resources;

In MyApplication's onCreate:

resources = getResources();

Now you can use this field from anywhere in your application.