ApplicationProvider.java

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package androidx.test.core.app;

import android.content.Context;
import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;

/**
 * Provides ability to retrieve the current application {@link Context} in tests.
 *
 * <p>This can be useful if you need to access the application assets (eg
 * <i>getApplicationContext().getAssets()</i>), preferences (eg
 * <i>getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences()</i>), file system (eg
 * <i>getApplicationContext().getDir()</i>) or one of the many other context APIs in test.
 */
public final class ApplicationProvider {

  private ApplicationProvider() {}

  /**
   * Returns the application {@link Context} for the application under test.
   *
   * @see {@link Context#getApplicationContext()}
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T extends Context> T getApplicationContext() {
    return (T)
        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().getApplicationContext();
  }
}