Can I use the Context object in Android like the Spring (or Eclipse RCP) context?

Question

Suppose I have an Activity which has a couple other objects which are doing some work. Is there a convenient way to put shared objects into this Context object and use them elsewhere like I do when I use Eclipse RCP (e4)? Is this a good practice in Android terms?

I'm assuming that I do not switch activities, I'm just distributing work to other objects in my Activity .

I checked the API of Context but I did not find any obvious methods for this purpose.

Answer 1

Is there a convenient way to put shared objects into this Context object and use them elsewhere like I do when I use Eclipse RCP (e4)?

When you subclass Activity , you are welcome to have data members in it.

I'm assuming that I do not switch activities, I'm just distributing work to other objects in my Activity.

This sounds all the more like the role of standard data members and related methods.