android: Expose static instance for Application object

While it seems to be possible to cast Context.getApplicationContext()
to the application class, there really is no documented reason why that
should actually be the same object.

diff --git a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/StrongSwanApplication.java b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/StrongSwanApplication.java
index d3805a2844825d325f959d94c03333b40e96dc91..8d653624e17906807e0c0cd835ab1f892b804d37 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/StrongSwanApplication.java
+++ b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/StrongSwanApplication.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class StrongSwanApplication extends Application implements DefaultLifecyc
        private static final String TAG = StrongSwanApplication.class.getSimpleName();
 
        private static Context mContext;
+       private static StrongSwanApplication mInstance;
 
        private final ExecutorService mExecutorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
        private final Handler mMainHandler = HandlerCompat.createAsync(Looper.getMainLooper());
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ public class StrongSwanApplication extends Application implements DefaultLifecyc
        {
                super.onCreate();
                StrongSwanApplication.mContext = getApplicationContext();
+               StrongSwanApplication.mInstance = this;
 
                mManagedConfigurationService = new ManagedConfigurationService(mContext);
                ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().getLifecycle().addObserver(this);
@@ -120,6 +122,16 @@ public class StrongSwanApplication extends Application implements DefaultLifecyc
                return StrongSwanApplication.mContext;
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Returns the current application object
+        *
+        * @return application
+        */
+       public static StrongSwanApplication getInstance()
+       {
+               return StrongSwanApplication.mInstance;
+       }
+
        /**
         * Returns a thread pool to run tasks in separate threads
         *