Unable to resolve getApplicationContext and startActivity methods in shake event listener: Android Studio

Question

I am trying to implement a shake event listener and below is my code. It is Android Studio environment if it matters. It just says cannot resolve method getApplicationContext or even startActivity. Can anyone help me find my mistake?

package com.shaivaldesai.shake;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;

/**
 * Created by Shaival Desai on 7/3/14.
 */
public class ShakeEventListener implements SensorEventListener {


    @Override
    public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int i) {

    }

    // Low pass filter
    private float calcMaxAcceleration(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {

        final float alpha = 0.8f;

        float[] gravity = {-9.81f};

        gravity[0] = alpha * gravity[0] + (1 - alpha) * sensorEvent.values[0];
        gravity[1] = alpha * gravity[1] + (1 - alpha) * sensorEvent.values[1];
        gravity[2] = alpha * gravity[2] + (1 - alpha) * sensorEvent.values[2];

        float accX = sensorEvent.values[0] - gravity[0];
        float accY = sensorEvent.values[1] - gravity[1];
        float accZ = sensorEvent.values[2] - gravity[2];

        float max1 = Math.max(accX, accY);
        return Math.max(max1, accZ);
    }

    @Override
    public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {
        //handleShake(sensorEvent);}
    float maxAcc = calcMaxAcceleration(sensorEvent);
       // void handleShake(sensorEvent){
        //float maxAcc = calcMaxAcceleration(sensorEvent);
        if(maxAcc>=15) {

        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Main.class);
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Those methods don't exist in SensorEventListener. You must have copied this from a class that extends Activity. You'll need to call these methods on a Context object. You should define a custom constructor on your ShakeEventListener that takes a Context object:

public class ShakeEventListener implements SensorEventListener {
    private Context mContext;

    public ShakeEventListener(Context context) {
        mContext = context;
    }

    /** omitting unchanged methods **/

    @Override
    public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {
        //handleShake(sensorEvent);}
        float maxAcc = calcMaxAcceleration(sensorEvent);
        // void handleShake(sensorEvent){
        //float maxAcc = calcMaxAcceleration(sensorEvent);
        if(maxAcc>=15) {

            Intent intent = new Intent(mContext, Main.class);
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
            mContext.startActivity(intent);
        }
    }
}