When to call activity context OR application context?

getApplicationContext() is almost always wrong. Ms. Hackborn (among others) have been very explicit that you only use getApplicationContext() when you know why you are using getApplicationContext() and only when you need to use getApplicationContext(). To be blunt, "some programmers" use getApplicationContext() (or getBaseContext(), to a lesser extent) because their Java experience is limited. The

[teracy_junk]

ベストアンサーの出だしがめっちゃダメ出しなの頼もしい

[fushiroyama]

“Use getApplicationContext() when you bind to a Service from an Activity” あら、Activity#bindServiceするときはApplicationContext使ってもいいの？この辺フレームワークのソースを追っかけたけど追い切れなかった…