How to get the result of OnPostExecute() to main a

Question

I have this two classes. My main Activity and the one that extends the AsyncTask, Now in my main Activity I need to get the result from the OnPostExecute() in the AsyncTask. How can I pass or get the result to my main Activity?

Here is the sample codes.

My main Activity.

public class MainActivity extends Activity{

    AasyncTask asyncTask = new AasyncTask();

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle aBundle) {
        super.onCreate(aBundle);            

        //Calling the AsyncTask class to start to execute.  
        asyncTask.execute(a.targetServer); 

        //Creating a TextView.
        TextView displayUI = asyncTask.dataDisplay;
        displayUI = new TextView(this);
        this.setContentView(tTextView); 
    }

}

This is the AsyncTask class

public class AasyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

TextView dataDisplay; //store the data  
String soapAction = "http://sample.com"; //SOAPAction header line. 
String targetServer = "https://sampletargeturl.com"; //Target Server.

//SOAP Request.
String soapRequest = "<sample XML request>";    



@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... string) {

String responseStorage = null; //storage of the response

try {


    //Uses URL and HttpURLConnection for server connection. 
    URL targetURL = new URL(targetServer);
    HttpURLConnection httpCon = (HttpURLConnection) targetURL.openConnection();
    httpCon.setDoOutput(true);
    httpCon.setDoInput(true);
    httpCon.setUseCaches(false); 
    httpCon.setChunkedStreamingMode(0);

    //properties of SOAPAction header
    httpCon.addRequestProperty("SOAPAction", soapAction);
    httpCon.addRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8"); 
    httpCon.addRequestProperty("Content-Length", "" + soapRequest.length());
    httpCon.setRequestMethod(HttpPost.METHOD_NAME);


    //sending request to the server.
    OutputStream outputStream = httpCon.getOutputStream(); 
    Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream);
    writer.write(soapRequest);
    writer.flush();
    writer.close();


    //getting the response from the server
    InputStream inputStream = httpCon.getInputStream(); 
    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
    ByteArrayBuffer byteArrayBuffer = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);

    int intResponse = httpCon.getResponseCode();

    while ((intResponse = bufferedReader.read()) != -1) {
        byteArrayBuffer.append(intResponse);
    }

    responseStorage = new String(byteArrayBuffer.toByteArray()); 

    } catch (Exception aException) {
    responseStorage = aException.getMessage(); 
    }
    return responseStorage;
}

protected void onPostExecute(String result) {

    aTextView.setText(result);

}       

}   

Answer 1

I make it work by using threading and handler/message. Steps as follow: Declare a progress Dialog

ProgressDialog loadingdialog;

Create a function to close dialog when operation is finished.

   private Handler handler = new Handler() {
    @Override
    public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
        loadingdialog.dismiss();

    }
    };

Code your Execution details:

 public void startUpload(String filepath) {
    loadingdialog = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.this, "Uploading", "Uploading Please Wait", true);
    final String _path = filepath;
    new Thread() {
        public void run() {
            try {
                UploadFile(_path, getHostName(), getPortNo());
                handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e("threadmessage", e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }.start();
}

Answer 2

Hi you can make something like this:

1. Create class which implements AsyncTask

   // TASK 
   public class SomeClass extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>>
   {
   
       private OnTaskExecutionFinished _task_finished_event;
   
       public interface OnTaskExecutionFinished
       {
           public void OnTaskFihishedEvent(String Reslut);
       }
   
       public void setOnTaskFinishedEvent(OnTaskExecutionFinished _event)
       {
           if(_event != null)
           {
               this._task_finished_event = _event;
           }
       }
   
       @Override
       protected void onPreExecute()
       {
           super.onPreExecute();
   
       }
   
       @Override
       protected String doInBackground(Void... params)
       {
           // do your background task here ...
   
           return "Done!";
       }
   
       @Override
       protected void onPostExecute(String result)
       {
           super.onPostExecute(result);
           if(this._task_finished_event != null)
           {
               this._task_finished_event.OnTaskFihishedEvent(result);
           }
           else
           {
               Log.d("SomeClass", "task_finished even is null");
           }
       }
   }
   

2. Add in Main Activity

   // MAIN ACTIVITY
   public class MyActivity extends ListActivity
   {
      ...
       SomeClass _some_class = new SomeClass();
       _someclass.setOnTaskFinishedEvent(new _some_class.OnTaskExecutionFinished()
       {
       @Override
       public void OnTaskFihishedEvent(String result)
       {
           Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                   "Phony thread finished: " + result,
                   Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
       }
   
      });
      _some_class.execute();
      ...
    }
   

Answer 3

You can do it in a few lines, just override onPostExecute when you call your AsyncTask. Here is an example for you:

new AasyncTask()
{
    @Override public void onPostExecute(String result)
    {
       // do whatever you want with result 
    }
}.execute(a.targetServer);

I hope it helped you, happy codding :)

Answer 4

I felt the below approach is very easy.

I have declared an interface for callback

public interface AsyncResponse {
    void processFinish(Object output);
}

Then created asynchronous Task for responding all type of parallel requests

 public class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Object, Object> {

    public AsyncResponse delegate = null;//Call back interface

    public MyAsyncTask(AsyncResponse asyncResponse) {
        delegate = asyncResponse;//Assigning call back interfacethrough constructor
    }

    @Override
    protected Object doInBackground(Object... params) {

      //My Background tasks are written here

      return {resutl Object}

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Object result) {
        delegate.processFinish(result);
    }

}

Then Called the asynchronous task when clicking a button in activity Class.

public class MainActivity extends Activity{

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    Button mbtnPress = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPress);

    mbtnPress.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                MyAsyncTask asyncTask =new MyAsyncTask(new AsyncResponse() {

                    @Override
                    public void processFinish(Object output) {
                        Log.d("Response From Asynchronous task:", (String) output);

                        mbtnPress.setText((String) output);
                   }
                });

                asyncTask.execute(new Object[] { "Your request to aynchronous task class is giving here.." });


            }
        });

    }



}

Thanks

Answer 5

There are a few options:

• Nest the AsyncTask class within your Activity class. Assuming you don't use the same task in multiple activities, this is the easiest way. All your code stays the same, you just move the existing task class to be a nested class inside your activity's class.

  public class MyActivity extends Activity {
      // existing Activity code
      ...
  
      private class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
          // existing AsyncTask code
          ...
      }
  }
  

• Create a custom constructor for your AsyncTask that takes a reference to your Activity. You would instantiate the task with something like new MyAsyncTask(this).execute(param1, param2).

  public class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
      private Activity activity;
  
      public MyAsyncTask(Activity activity) {
          this.activity = activity;
      }
  
      // existing AsyncTask code
      ...
  }
  

Answer 6

You need to use "protocols" to delegate or provide data to the AsynTask.

Delegates and Data Sources

A delegate is an object that acts on behalf of, or in coordination with, another object when that object encounters an event in a program. (Apple definition)

protocols are interfaces that define some methods to delegate some behaviors.

Here is a complete example!!!