Android :: BackupManager DataChanged() Not Static , Need Reference To BackupManager?
Sep 12, 2010
From: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html
To inform the BackupManager that the data has changed, you are supposed to call dataChanged(). However, that method is not static, so you need a reference to the BackupManager. How do you get a reference to the BackupManager?
I can get around this by calling the dataChanged(packageName) method which is static, like this: BackupManager.dataChanged(getBaseContext().getPackageName()); which works great. I'm just wondering if I've missed something?
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Feb 7, 2010
I'm having some issues with the old "Cannot make a static reference to a non-static method" error in my Android program. I am creating a sand falling game (similar to the Powder Game) and I created a class called Control to create a Control Bar at the bottom of the screen with a slider for brush size (that works fine) and a button to pop up a Dialog to allow users to pick the selected element. However, when I call DemoActivity.showDialog(2) from my code, it gives the static reference to non-static error (DemoActivity is the main activity of my application). I also tried changing it to just Activity.showDialog(2), but I got exactly the same error!
Here's my code:
CODE:................
I fixed it by adding the following to my Control.java code:
CODE:..........
And then calling control.setActivity(this); from my onResume section of DemoActivity.java!
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