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

in your Oncreate():

`

myTask.execute("url");
String result = "";
try {
      result = myTask.get().toString();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
      // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();
}catch (ExecutionException e) {
      // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();

}`

Answer 2

Why do people make it so hard.

This should be sufficient.

Do not implement the onPostExecute on the async task, rather implement it on the Activity:

public class MainActivity extends Activity 
{

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    //execute the async task 
    MyAsyncTask task = new MyAsyncTask(){
            protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
                //Do your thing
            }       

    }

    task.execute("Param");

}


}

Answer 3

try this:

public class SomAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, JSONObject> {

    private CallBack callBack;

    public interface CallBack {
        void async( JSONObject jsonResult );
        void sync( JSONObject jsonResult );
        void progress( Integer... status );
        void cancel();
    }

    public SomAsyncTask(CallBack callBack) {
        this.callBack = callBack;
    }

    @Override
    protected JSONObject doInBackground(String... strings) {

        JSONObject dataJson = null;

        //TODO query, get some dataJson

        if(this.callBack != null)
            this.callBack.async( dataJson );// asynchronize with MAIN LOOP THREAD

        return dataJson;

    }

    @Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
        super.onProgressUpdate(values);

        if(this.callBack != null)
            this.callBack.progress(values);// synchronize with MAIN LOOP THREAD

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject jsonObject) {
        super.onPostExecute(jsonObject);

        if(this.callBack != null)
            this.callBack.sync(jsonObject);// synchronize with MAIN LOOP THREAD
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCancelled() {
        super.onCancelled();

        if(this.callBack != null)
            this.callBack.cancel();

    }
}

And usage example:

public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

         final Context _localContext = getContext();
         SomeAsyncTask.CallBack someCallBack = new SomeAsyncTask.CallBack() {

                @Override
                public void async(JSONObject jsonResult) {//async thread
                    //some async process, e.g. send data to server...
                }

                @Override
                public void sync(JSONObject jsonResult) {//sync thread
                    //get result...

                    //get some resource of Activity variable...
                    Resources resources = _localContext.getResources();
                }

                @Override
                public void progress(Integer... status) {//sync thread
                    //e.g. change status progress bar...
                }

                @Override
                public void cancel() {

                }

            };

            new SomeAsyncTask( someCallBack )
                                .execute("someParams0", "someParams1", "someParams2");

    }

Answer 4

You can call the get() method of AsyncTask (or the overloaded get(long, TimeUnit)). This method will block until the AsyncTask has completed its work, at which point it will return you the Result.

It would be wise to be doing other work between the creation/start of your async task and calling the get method, otherwise you aren't utilizing the async task very efficiently.

Answer 5

This answer might be late but I would like to mention few things when your Activity dependent on AsyncTask. That would help you in prevent crashes and memory management. As already mentioned in above answers go with interface, we also say them callbacks. They will work as an informer, but never ever send strong reference of Activity or interface always use weak reference in those cases.

Please refer to below screenshot to findout how that can cause issues.

As you can see if we started AsyncTask with a strong reference then there is no guarantee that our Activity/Fragment will be alive till we get data, so it would be better to use WeakReference in those cases and that will also help in memory management as we will never hold the strong reference of our Activity then it will be eligible for garbage collection after its distortion.

Check below code snippet to find out how to use awesome WeakReference -

MyTaskInformer.java Interface which will work as an informer.

public interface MyTaskInformer {

    void onTaskDone(String output);

}

MySmallAsyncTask.java AsyncTask to do long running task, which will use WeakReference.

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

    // ***** Hold weak reference *****
    private WeakReference<MyTaskInformer> mCallBack;

    public MySmallAsyncTask(MyTaskInformer callback) {
        this.mCallBack = new WeakReference<>(callback);
    }

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

        // Here do whatever your task is like reading/writing file
        // or read data from your server or any other heavy task

        // Let us suppose here you get response, just return it
        final String output = "Any out, mine is just demo output";

        // Return it from here to post execute
        return output;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
        super.onPostExecute(s);

        // Here you can't guarantee that Activity/Fragment is alive who started this AsyncTask

        // Make sure your caller is active

        final MyTaskInformer callBack = mCallBack.get();

        if(callBack != null) {
            callBack.onTaskDone(s);
        }
    }
}

MainActivity.java This class is used to start my AsyncTask implement interface on this class and override this mandatory method.

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements MyTaskInformer {

    private TextView mMyTextView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mMyTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_text_view);

        // Start your AsyncTask and pass reference of MyTaskInformer in constructor
        new MySmallAsyncTask(this).execute();
    }

    @Override
    public void onTaskDone(String output) {

        // Here you will receive output only if your Activity is alive.
        // no need to add checks like if(!isFinishing())

        mMyTextView.setText(output);
    }
}

Answer 6

Easy:

1. Create interface class, where String output is optional, or can be whatever variables you want to return.

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

2. Go to your AsyncTask class, and declare interface AsyncResponse as a field :

   public class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
     public AsyncResponse delegate = null;
   
       @Override
       protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
         delegate.processFinish(result);
       }
    }
   

3. In your main Activity you need to implements interface AsyncResponse.

   public class MainActivity implements AsyncResponse{
     MyAsyncTask asyncTask =new MyAsyncTask();
   
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   
        //this to set delegate/listener back to this class
        asyncTask.delegate = this;
   
        //execute the async task 
        asyncTask.execute();
     }
   
     //this override the implemented method from asyncTask
     @Override
     void processFinish(String output){
        //Here you will receive the result fired from async class 
        //of onPostExecute(result) method.
      }
    }
   

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UPDATE

I didn't know this is such a favourite to many of you. So here's the simple and convenience way to use interface.

still using same interface. FYI, you may combine this into AsyncTask class.

in AsyncTask class :

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

  // you may separate this or combined to caller class.
  public interface AsyncResponse {
        void processFinish(String output);
  }

  public AsyncResponse delegate = null;

    public MyAsyncTask(AsyncResponse delegate){
        this.delegate = delegate;
    }

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

do this in your Activity class

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   MyAsyncTask asyncTask = new MyAsyncTask(new AsyncResponse(){

     @Override
     void processFinish(String output){
     //Here you will receive the result fired from async class 
     //of onPostExecute(result) method.
     }
  }).execute();

 }

Or, implementing the interface on the Activity again

public class MainActivity extends Activity 
    implements AsyncResponse{

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        //execute the async task 
        new MyAsyncTask(this).execute();
    }

    //this override the implemented method from AsyncResponse
    @Override
    void processFinish(String output){
        //Here you will receive the result fired from async class 
        //of onPostExecute(result) method.
    }
}

As you can see 2 solutions above, the first and third one, it needs to create method processFinish, the other one, the method is inside the caller parameter. The third is more neat because there is no nested anonymous class. Hope this helps

Tip: Change String output, String response, and String result to different matching types in order to get different objects.