Can passing Context as a parameter to a static helper method cause a memory leak?… here is a solution to the problem.
Can passing Context as a parameter to a static helper method cause a memory leak?
I have a helper class consisting of various static methods, one of which requires a Context to access some information. Can passing Context as a parameter to a static helper method cause a memory leak?
public class ConnectionHelper {
public static boolean isConnected(Context context) {
ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
return cm != null;
}
}
How does a static method behave, will it process context references after execution or will it stay in memory?
Solution
Depends on how you handle incoming Context references.
If the reference is stored indefinitely, it will leak. Nothing to do with static. (Although it’s easy to accidentally store references for too long with static variables.) )
The code you publish doesn’t store references anywhere outside the scope of the method and doesn’t leak it.