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Download a file with Android, and showing the progress in a ProgressDialog

I am trying to write a simple application that gets updated. For this I need a simple function that can download a file and show the current progress in a ProgressDialog. I know how to do the ProgressDialog, but I'm not sure how to display the current progress and how to download the file in the first place.

Android basics: running code in the UI thread

In the viewpoint of running code in the UI thread, is there any difference between:

MainActivity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        Log.d("UI thread", "I am the UI thread");
    }
});

or

MainActivity.this.myView.post(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        Log.d("UI thread", "I am the UI thread");
    }
});

and

private class BackgroundTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Bitmap> {
    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap result) {
        Log.d("UI thread", "I am the UI thread");
    }
}

Ideal way to cancel an executing AsyncTask

I am running remote audio-file-fetching and audio file playback operations in a background thread using AsyncTask. A Cancellable progress bar is shown for the time the fetch operation runs.

I want to cancel/abort the AsyncTask run when the user cancels (decides against) the operation. What is the ideal way to handle such a case?

AsyncTaskLoader vs AsyncTask

Since Honeycomb and the v4 Compatibility Library it is possible to use AsyncTaskLoader. From what I understand, the AsyncTaskLoader can survive through config changes like screen flips.

Is it recommended to use AsyncTaskLoader instead of AsyncTask? Does LoaderManager get in the picture too?

But I haven't found any good example(s) about how to correctly use the AsyncTaskLoader. The docs also provide no examples. Can anyone provide some good examples.

How to display Toast in Android?

I have a slider that can be pulled up and then it shows a map. I can move the slider up and down to hide or show the map. When the map is on front, I can handle touch events on that map. Everytime I touch, a AsyncTask is fired up, it downloads some data and makes a Toast that displays the data. Although I start the task on touch event no toast is displayed, not till I close the slider. When the slider is closed and the map is not displayed anymore the Toast appears.

any ideas?

well start the task

EDIT:

public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event, MapView mapView){ 
    if (event.getAction() == 1) {
        new TestTask(this).execute();
        return true;            
    }else{
        return false;
    }
 }

and in onPostExecute make a toast

Toast.makeText(app.getBaseContext(),(String)data.result, 
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

In new TestTask(this), this is a reference to MapOverlay and not to MapActivity, so this was the problem.

Handler vs AsyncTask vs Thread

I got slightly confused about the differences between Handlers, AsyncTasks and Threads in Android. I've read quite a few blogs and questions here in stackoverflow.

Handlers are background threads that provide you to communicate with the UI. Updating a progressbar for instance should be done via Handlers. Using Handlers you have the advantage of MessagingQueues, so if you want to schedule messages or update multiple UI elements or have repeating tasks.

AsyncTasks are similar, infact they make use of Handlers, but doesn't run in the UI thread, so its good for fetching data, for instance fetching webservices. Later you can interact with the UI.

Threads however can't interact with the UI, provide more "basic" threading and you miss all the abstractions of AsyncTasks.

However I would like to have a socket connection run in a service. Should this be run in a handler or a thread, or even an asynctask? UI interaction is not necessary at all. Does it make a difference in terms of performance which I use?

AsyncTask Android example

I was reading about AsyncTask, and I tried the simple program below. But it does not seem to work. How can I make it work?

package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.Settings.System;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

public class AsyncTaskActivity extends Activity {
    Button btn;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        btn.setOnClickListener((OnClickListener) this);
    }

    public void onClick(View view){
        new LongOperation().execute("");
    }

    private class LongOperation extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
            for(int i=0;i<5;i++) {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            TextView txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.output);
            txt.setText("Executed");
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {
        }
    }
}

I am just trying to change the label after 5 seconds in the background process.

This is my main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:orientation="vertical" >
    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:indeterminate="false"
        android:max="10"
        android:padding="10dip">
    </ProgressBar>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Start Progress" >
    </Button>
    <TextView android:id="@+id/output"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Replace"/>
</LinearLayout>

Comparison of Android Networking Libraries: OkHTTP, Retrofit, Volley

Two part question from an iOS developer learning Android, working on an Android project that will make a variety of requests from JSON to image to streaming download of audio and video:

1. In iOS I have used the AFNetworking project extensively. Is there an equivalent library for Android?

2. I've read up on OkHTTP and Retrofit by Square, as well as Volley but dont yet have experience developing with them. I'm hoping someone can provide some concrete examples of best use cases for each. From what I've read, seems like OkHTTP is the most robust of the 3, and could handle the requirements of this project (mentioned above).

android asynctask sending callbacks to ui

I have the following asynctask class which is not inside the activity. In the activity I'm initializing the asynctask, and I want the asynctask to report callbacks back to my activity. Is it possible? Or does the asynctask must be in the same class file as the activity?

protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) 
{
    super.onProgressUpdate(values);
    caller.sometextfield.setText("bla");
}

Something like this?

Android: How can I pass parameters to AsyncTask's onPreExecute()?

I use an AsyncTask for loading operations that I implemented as an inner class.

In onPreExecute() I show a loading dialog which I then hide again in onPostExecute(). But for some of the loading operations I know in advance that they will finish very quickly so I don't want to display the loading dialog.

I wanted to indicate this by a boolean parameter that I could pass to onPreExecute() but apparently for some reason onPreExecute() doesn't take any parameters.

The obvious workaround would probably be to create a member field in my AsyncTask or in the outer class which I would have to set before every loading operation but that does not seem very elegant. Is there a better way to do this?

Android AsyncTask threads limits?

I am developing an application where I need to update some info every time user logs in to the system, I also use database in the phone. For all those operations (updates, retrieving data from db and etc.) I use async tasks. As up till now I didn't see why I shouldn't use them, but recently I experienced that if I do some operations some of my async tasks simply stop on pre-execute and don't jump to doInBackground. That was just too strange to leave it like that, so I developed another simple application just to check whats wrong. And strange enough, I get the same behavior when count of total async tasks reach 5, the 6th one stops on pre-execute.

Does android have a limit of asyncTasks on Activity/App? Or is it just some bug and it should be reported? Did anyone experience the same problem and maybe found a workaround to it?

Here is the code:

Simply create 5 of those threads to work in a background:

private class LongAsync extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>
{
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute()
    {
        Log.d("TestBug","onPreExecute");
        isRunning = true;
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params)
    {
        Log.d("TestBug","doInBackground");
        while (isRunning)
        {

        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result)
    {
        Log.d("TestBug","onPostExecute");
    }
}

And then create this thread. It will enter preExecute and hang (it will not go to doInBackground).

private class TestBug extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>
{
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute()
    {
        Log.d("TestBug","onPreExecute");

        waiting = new ProgressDialog(TestActivity.this);
        waiting.setMessage("Loading data");
        waiting.setIndeterminate(true);
        waiting.setCancelable(true);
        waiting.show();
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params)
    {
        Log.d("TestBug","doInBackground");
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result)
    {
        waiting.cancel();
        Log.d("TestBug","onPostExecute");
    }
}

Android AsyncTask for Long Running Operations

Quoting the documentation for AsyncTask found here, it says

AsyncTasks should ideally be used for short operations (a few seconds at the most.) If you need to keep threads running for long periods of time, it is highly recommended you use the various APIs provided by the java.util.concurrent pacakge such as Executor, ThreadPoolExecutor and FutureTask.

Now my question arises why ? The doInBackground function runs off the UI thread. So what harm can we have by have long running operation here ?

Asynctask vs Thread in android

In UI, I wish to do some background work. For this I used a separate thread. But as suggested by others, I am now using AsyncTask.
What is the main difference between a Thread and an AsyncTask?
In what scenario should I use a Thread or an AsyncTask?

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState

I'm using the support library for my app. In my FragmentActivity I'm using an AsyncTask for downloading data from internet. In the onPreExecute() method I add a Fragment and in the onPostExecute() method I remove it again. When the orientation is changed in between, I get the above mentioned exception. Please take a look at the details:

private class onFriendAddedAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
    DummyFragment dummyFragment; 
    FragmentManager fm;
    FragmentTransaction ft;

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
    Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute");
    dummyFragment = DummyFragment.newInstance();
    fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
    ft = fm.beginTransaction();
    ft.add(dummyFragment, "dummy_fragment");
    ft.commit();
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
    Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute");
    ft = fm.beginTransaction();
    ft.remove(dummyFragment);
    ft.commit();
}

@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... name) {
    Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/doInBackground");
    ...
}

I get following LogCut:

01-05 23:54:19.958: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute
01-05 23:54:19.968: V/DummyFragment(12783): onAttach
01-05 23:54:19.968: V/DummyFragment(12783): onCreate
01-05 23:54:19.968: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/doInBackground
01-05 23:54:19.973: V/DummyFragment(12783): onCreateView
01-05 23:54:19.973: V/DummyFragment(12783): onActivityCreated
01-05 23:54:19.973: V/DummyFragment(12783): onStart
01-05 23:54:19.973: V/DummyFragment(12783): onResume
01-05 23:54:21.933: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onSaveInstanceState
01-05 23:54:21.933: V/DummyFragment(12783): onSaveInstanceState
01-05 23:54:21.933: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onPause
01-05 23:54:21.933: V/DummyFragment(12783): onPause
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onStop
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/DummyFragment(12783): onStop
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onDestroy
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/DummyFragment(12783): onDestroyView
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/DummyFragment(12783): onDestroy
01-05 23:54:21.938: V/DummyFragment(12783): onDetach
01-05 23:54:21.978: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onCreate
01-05 23:54:21.978: V/DummyFragment(12783): onAttach
01-05 23:54:21.978: V/DummyFragment(12783): onCreate
01-05 23:54:22.263: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onStart
01-05 23:54:22.313: V/DummyFragment(12783): onCreateView
01-05 23:54:22.313: V/DummyFragment(12783): onActivityCreated
01-05 23:54:22.313: V/DummyFragment(12783): onStart
01-05 23:54:22.323: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onResume
01-05 23:54:22.323: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onPostResume
01-05 23:54:22.323: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onResumeFragments
01-05 23:54:22.323: V/DummyFragment(12783): onResume
01-05 23:54:27.123: V/MyFragmentActivity(12783): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute
01-05 23:54:27.123: D/AndroidRuntime(12783): Shutting down VM
01-05 23:54:27.123: W/dalvikvm(12783): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d7d0)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.checkStateLoss(FragmentManager.java:1314)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.enqueueAction(FragmentManager.java:1325)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitInternal(BackStackRecord.java:548)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commit(BackStackRecord.java:532)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at com.xyz.dummy.MyFragmentActivity$onFriendAddedAsyncTask.onPostExecute(MyFragmentActivity.java:447)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at com.xyz.dummy.MyFragmentActivity$onFriendAddedAsyncTask.onPostExecute(MyFragmentActivity.java:1)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:417)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.os.AsyncTask.access$300(AsyncTask.java:127)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:429)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
01-05 23:54:27.138: E/AndroidRuntime(12783):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

In other threads about similar problems the reason seems to be that the onPostExecute method is called before the onResume() method is called. But I get the exception even though onResume() is called before.

Does someone knows what's wrong?

The Activity looks like this:

public class MyFragmentActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnFriendSelectedListener, OnFriendAddedListener, OnFriendOptionSelectedListener, LoaderCallbacks<Cursor> {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onCreate");
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.fragment_activity_layout);
    FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
    FriendListFragment friendListFragment = (FriendListFragment)fm.findFragmentById(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout);
    if (friendListFragment == null) {
        friendListFragment = new FriendListFragment(); 
        ft.add(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout, friendListFragment);
        ft.commit();
        fm.executePendingTransactions();
        startService(new Intent(this, MyIntentService.class));
        getSupportLoaderManager().initLoader(CHECK_EMPTY_DATABASE, null, this);
    }
}

    @Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.fragment_activity_options_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.add_friend_menu_item:
        AddFriendDialogFragment addFriendDialogFragment = AddFriendDialogFragment.newInstance();
        addFriendDialogFragment.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "add_friend_dialog_fragment");
        return true;
    default:
        return false;
    }
}

@Override
public void onFriendAdded(String name) {
    name = name.trim();
    if (name.length() > 0) {
        new onFriendAddedAsyncTask().execute(name);
    }
}

When using commitAllowingStateLoss() I get the following exception:

01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activity has been destroyed
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.enqueueAction(FragmentManager.java:1329)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitInternal(BackStackRecord.java:548)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:536)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at com.xyz.dummy.FadiaFragmentActivity$onFriendAddedAsyncTask.onPostExecute(FadiaFragmentActivity.java:461)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at com.xyz.dummy.FadiaFragmentActivity$onFriendAddedAsyncTask.onPostExecute(FadiaFragmentActivity.java:1)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:417)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.os.AsyncTask.access$300(AsyncTask.java:127)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:429)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
01-06 14:54:29.548: E/AndroidRuntime(18020):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I get the same IllegalStateExeption when I implement the AsynTask as follows, because the findFragmentById() method returns a null pointer.

private class onFriendAddedAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

    protected void onPreExecute() {
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute");
        FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
        DummyFragment dummyFragment = DummyFragment.newInstance();
        ft.add(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout, dummyFragment);
        ft.commit();
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute");
        FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
        DummyFragment dummyFragment = (DummyFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout);
        ft.remove(dummyFragment);
        ft.commitAllowingStateLoss();
    }

In the next step I use a handler for the adding and removing the DummyFragment. Additionally I've added some more debug output.

private class onFriendAddedAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager());
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout));
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout));

        new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager());
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout));
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout));
                FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
                FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
                DummyFragment dummyFragment = DummyFragment.newInstance();
                ft.add(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout, dummyFragment);
                ft.commit();
            }
        });

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager());
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout));
        Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout));

        new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager());
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout));
                Log.v("MyFragmentActivity", "onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute " + getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.friend_list_fragment_layout));
                FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
                FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
                DummyFragment dummyFragment = (DummyFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.dummy_fragment_layout);
                ft.remove(dummyFragment);
                ft.commitAllowingStateLoss();
            }
        });

I get following LogCut:

01-07 19:00:17.273: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute FragmentManager{45e384a8 in MyFragmentActivity{45e38358}}
01-07 19:00:17.273: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute null
01-07 19:00:17.273: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute FriendListFragment{45e38ab0 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:17.283: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute FragmentManager{45e384a8 in MyFragmentActivity{45e38358}}
01-07 19:00:17.288: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/doInBackground
01-07 19:00:17.288: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute null
01-07 19:00:17.288: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPreExecute FriendListFragment{45e38ab0 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:17.308: V/DummyFragment(4124): onAttach DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:17.308: V/DummyFragment(4124): onCreate DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:17.308: V/DummyFragment(4124): onCreateView DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:17.308: V/DummyFragment(4124): onActivityCreated DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:17.308: V/DummyFragment(4124): onStart DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:17.313: V/DummyFragment(4124): onResume DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.098: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onSaveInstanceState DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.098: V/DummyFragment(4124): onSaveInstanceState DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.098: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onPause DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.098: V/DummyFragment(4124): onPause DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.103: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onStop DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.103: V/DummyFragment(4124): onStop DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.103: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onDestroy DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.103: V/DummyFragment(4124): onDestroyView DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.108: V/DummyFragment(4124): onDestroy DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.113: V/DummyFragment(4124): onDetach DummyFragment{45dd7498 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.138: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onCreate
01-07 19:00:18.138: V/FriendListFragment(4124): FriendListFragment
01-07 19:00:18.138: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onAttach FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.138: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onCreate FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.148: V/DummyFragment(4124): onAttach DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.153: V/DummyFragment(4124): onCreate DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.523: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onStart DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.543: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onActivityCreated FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.548: V/DummyFragment(4124): onCreateView DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.548: V/DummyFragment(4124): onActivityCreated DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.548: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FragmentManager{45d8e478 in MyFragmentActivity{45e4a6d8}}
01-07 19:00:18.548: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.553: V/DummyFragment(4124): onStart DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.553: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FragmentManager{45d8e478 in MyFragmentActivity{45e4a6d8}}
01-07 19:00:18.553: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.558: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onResume DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.558: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onPostResume DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.558: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onResumeFragments DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.558: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onResume FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.563: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onCreateLoader FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.563: V/DummyFragment(4124): onResume DummyFragment{45d7d1a0 #2 id=0x7f0a0004}
01-07 19:00:18.723: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FragmentManager{45d8e478 in MyFragmentActivity{45e4a6d8}}
01-07 19:00:18.723: V/FriendListFragment(4124): onLoadFinished FriendListFragment{45e4a7f8 #0 id=0x7f0a0002}
01-07 19:00:18.893: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute FragmentManager{45e384a8 in null}}
01-07 19:00:18.893: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute null
01-07 19:00:18.893: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute null
01-07 19:00:18.923: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute FragmentManager{45e384a8 in null}}
01-07 19:00:18.923: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute null
01-07 19:00:18.923: V/MyFragmentActivity(4124): onFriendAddedAsyncTask/onPostExecute null
01-07 19:00:18.928: D/AndroidRuntime(4124): Shutting down VM
01-07 19:00:18.928: W/dalvikvm(4124): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d7d0)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activity has been destroyed
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.enqueueAction(FragmentManager.java:1329)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitInternal(BackStackRecord.java:548)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:536)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at com.xyz.dummy.MyFragmentActivity$onFriendAddedAsyncTask$2.run(MyFragmentActivity.java:476)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
01-07 19:00:18.938: E/AndroidRuntime(4124):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

In onPreExecute() the FriendListFragment has the id=0x7f0a0002. Inside the handler the DummyFragment is created with id=0x7f0a0004. In onPostExecute() both IDs are null. In onPreExecute() the address of MyFragmentActivity is 45e38358. but in onPostExecute() it's null. But in both methods the FragmentManager address is 45e384a8. I guess onPostExecute uses an invalid FragmentManager. But why?

Android SDK AsyncTask doInBackground not running (subclass)

As of 15/2/2012 I have yet to find a good explanation to nor a reason why this does not work. The closest to a solution is to use the traditional Thread approach, but then why include a class that does not (seem to) work in the Android SDK?

Evenin' SO!

I have an AsyncTask subclass:

// ParseListener had a callback which was called when an item was parsed in a
// RSS-xml, but as stated further down it is not used at all right now.
private class xmlAsync extends AsyncTask<String, RSSItem, Void> implements ParseListener

That is executed like this:

xmlAsync xmlThread = new xmlAsync();

xmlThread.execute("http://www.nothing.com");

Now this subclass has run into a little error. Previously it did some xml-parsing, but when I noticed that it's doInBackground() wasn't called I stripped it down, line by line, finally ending up with just this:

@Override
protected Void doInBackground(String... params) 
{
    Log.v(TAG, "doInBackground");
        return null;
}

Which, for some reason, logged nothing. However, I added this:

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() 
{
        Log.v(TAG, "onPreExecute");
        super.onPreExecute();
}

And that line is indeed logged when executing the thread. So somehow onPreExecute() is called but not doInBackground(). I have another AsyncTask running in the background at the same time which works just fine.

I'm currently running the app on an emulator, SDK Version 15, Eclipse, Mac OS X 10.7.2, close to the North Pole.

EDIT:

@Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(RSSItem... values) {

        if(values[0] == null)
        {
                            // activity function which merely creates a dialog
            showInputError();
        }
        else
        {

            Log.v(TAG, "adding "+values[0].toString());
            _tableManager.addRSSItem(values[0]);
        }


        super.onProgressUpdate(values);
    }

_tableManager.addRSSItem() more or less adds a row to a SQLiteDatabase, initialized with the activity's context. publishProgress() is called by the Interface ParseListener's callback. However, since I don't even do anything except log.v in doInBackground() I first found this unnecessary to even bring up.

EDIT 2:

Alright, just to be perfectly clear, this is the other AsyncTask, executing in the same activity and working perfectly fine.

private class dbAsync extends AsyncTask<Void, RSSItem, Void>
{
    Integer prevCount;
    boolean run;

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        run = true;
        super.onPreExecute();
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        run = true;
        prevCount = 0;

        while(run)
        {
            ArrayList<RSSItem> items = _tableManager.getAllItems();

            if(items != null)
            {
                if(items.size() > prevCount)
                {
                    Log.v("db Thread", "Found new item(s)!");
                    prevCount = items.size();

                    RSSItem[] itemsArray = new RSSItem[items.size()];

                    publishProgress(items.toArray(itemsArray));
                }
            }               

            SystemClock.sleep(5000);
        }

        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(RSSItem... values) {

        ArrayList<RSSItem> list = new ArrayList<RSSItem>();

        for(int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
        {
            list.add(i, values[i]);
        }

        setItemsAndUpdateList(list);

        super.onProgressUpdate(values);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCancelled() {
        run = false;

        super.onCancelled();
    }
}

EDIT 3:

Sigh, sorry I'm bad at asking questions. But here is the initialization of the Tasks.

xmlAsync _xmlParseThread;
dbAsync _dbLookup;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

_dbLookup = new dbAsync();
_dbLookup.execute();

_xmlParseThread = new xmlAsync();       
_xmlParseThread.execute("http://www.nothing.com", null);
}