java - ANDROID: inside Service class, executing a method for Toast (or Status Bar notification) from scheduled TimerTask -

i trying execute {public void} method in service, scheduled timertask periodically executing.

this timertask periodically checks condition. if it's true, calls method via {classname}.{methodname};

however, java requires, method needs {pubic static} method, if want use {classname} {.dot}

the problem method notification using toast(android pop-up notification) , status bar use these notifications, 1 must use

context context = getapplicationcontext(); 

but work, method must not have {static} modifier , resides in service class.

so, basically, want background service evaluate condition scheduled timertask, , execute method in service class.

can me what's the right way use service, invoking method when condition satisfied while looping evaluation?

here lines of codes:

the timertask class (watchclipboard.java) :

public class watchclipboard extends timertask {      //declaration     private static getdefinition getdefinition = new getdefinition();      @override     public void run() {         if (wordup.clipboard.hastext()) {             wordup.newcopied = wordup.clipboard.gettext().tostring().trim().tolowercase();             if (!(wordup.currentcopied.equals(wordup.newcopied))) {                 wordup.currentcopied = wordup.newcopied;    log.v(wordup.tag, wordup.currentcopied);                  getdefinition.apicall_wordnik();                  fetchservice.instantnotification();   //it requires method have {static} modifier, if want call in way.             }         }            } } 

and service class (fetchservice.java) : if change modifier static, {context} related problems occur

public class fetchservice extends service {     public static final string tag = "wordup";  //for logcat filtering       //declaration     private static timer runningtimer;     private static final boolean this_is_daemon = true;      private static watchclipboard watchclipboard;     private static final long delay = 0;     private static final long period = 100;      @override     public ibinder onbind(intent arg0) {         // todo auto-generated method stub         return null;     }      @override     public void oncreate() {    log.v(wordup.tag, "fetchservice.oncreate()");         super.oncreate();          //testing service running         watchclipboard = new watchclipboard();         runningtimer = new timer("runningtimer", this_is_daemon);         runningtimer.schedule(watchclipboard, delay, period);     }      @override     public void ondestroy() {         super.ondestroy();          runningtimer.cancel();          stopself(); log.v(wordup.tag, "fetchservice.oncreate().stopself()");     }      public void instantnotification() {   //if change modifier static, {context} related problems occur         context context = getapplicationcontext();  // application context          //use toast notification: need accept user interaction, , change duration of show         toast toast = toast.maketext(context, wordup.newcopied+": "+wordup.newdefinition, toast.length_long);         toast.show();          //use status notification: need automatically expand show lines of definitions         notificationmanager mnotificationmanager = (notificationmanager) getsystemservice(context.notification_service);          int icon = r.drawable.icon;        // icon resources         charsequence tickertext = wordup.newcopied; // ticker-text         long when = system.currenttimemillis(); // notification time         charsequence contenttitle = wordup.newcopied;   //expanded message title         charsequence contenttext = wordup.newdefinition;    //expanded message text          intent notificationintent = new intent(this, wordup.class);         pendingintent contentintent = pendingintent.getactivity(this, 0, notificationintent, 0);          // next 2 lines initialize notification, using configurations above         notification notification = new notification(icon, tickertext, when);         notification.setlatesteventinfo(context, contenttitle, contenttext, contentintent);          mnotificationmanager.notify(wordup.wordup_status, notification);     } } 

found simple solution. trivial issue after all.

declaring troubled data members {content} , {intent} outside of method , modify static solves problem

can't understand why didn't come simple solution.