What is the difference between Activity and Context ?

The main differences between Activity and Context in Android are:

• An Activity is a subclass of Context, while Context is a base class that provides access to application-specific resources and classes[1][2].

• Activity context is tied to the lifecycle of an Activity and is destroyed when the Activity is destroyed, while Application context lasts for the entire lifetime of the application[1][2][3].

• Activity context should be used for UI-related operations like inflating layouts, starting activities, showing dialogs, etc. Application context should be used for global, non-UI operations like accessing shared preferences, caching data, etc.[2][4]

• Passing an Activity context to a long-lived object like a Singleton can cause memory leaks, so Application contex...