What is 'Context' on Android?

Question

In Android programming, what exactly is a Context class and what is it used for?

I read about it on the developer site, but I am unable to understand it

Answer 1

A Context is what most of us would call Application. It's made by the Android system and is able to do only what an application is able to. In Tomcat, a Context is also what I would call an application.

There is one Context that holds many Activities, each Activity may have many Views.

Obviously, some will say that it doesn't fit because of this or that and they are probably right, but saying that a Context is your current application will help you to understand what you are putting in method parameters.