Cannot be referenced from a static context android

There is one simple way of solving the non-static variable cannot be referenced from a static context error. In the above code, we have to address the non-static variable with the object name. In a simple way, we have to create an object of the class to refer to a non-static variable from a static context.

i.e. referring a variable using static reference implies to referring using the class name. But, to access instance variables it is a must to create an object, these are not available in the memory, before instantiation. Therefore, you cannot make static reference to non-static fields(variables) in Java.

You can use the following: MainActivity. this. getApplicationContext();