“A Non-static method cannot be referenced from a static context” error

Java

Getting an error when inserting String value from R.string resource XML file:

public static final String TT = (String) getText(R.string.TT);

This is the error message:

Error: Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getText(int) from the type Context

 how can I solve it?
 

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Aug 10th, 2020 By: Ahmed

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It is not possible to make reference to a static variable from a non-static method. To understand this, you need to understand the difference between static and non-static.



Static variables are referred to as the  class variables, they belong to the class with their only one instance, created at the first only. Non-static variables are initialized every time you create an object of the class.



Now, coming to your question, when you use new() operator we will create a copy of every non-static field for every object, but it is not the case for static fields. That's why it gives a compile time error if you are referencing a static variable from a non-static method.

2 years ago - By ramuraju
 
 

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