Global Variable on Android

class MyApp extends Application {

  private MyStateManager myStateManager = new MyStateManager();

  public MyStateManager getStateManager(){
    return myStateManager ;
  }
}

class MyStateManager {

  MyStateManager() {
    /* this should be fast */
  }

  String getState() {
    /* if necessary, perform blocking calls here */
    /* make sure to deal with any multithreading/synchronicity issues */

    ...

    return state;
  }
}

class Blah extends Activity {

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle b){
    ...
    MyStateManager stateManager = ((MyApp)getApplicationContext()).getStateManager();
    String state = stateManager.getState();
    ...
  }
}