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

You can try this code in your Main class. That worked for me, but i have implemented methods in other way

try {
    String receivedData = new AsyncTask().execute("http://yourdomain.com/yourscript.php").get();
} 
catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException ei) {
    ei.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 2

You can write your own listener. It's same as HelmiB's answer but looks more natural:

Create listener interface:

public interface myAsyncTaskCompletedListener {
    void onMyAsynTaskCompleted(int responseCode, String result);
}

Then write your asynchronous task:

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

    private myAsyncTaskCompletedListener listener;
    private int responseCode = 0;

    public myAsyncTask() {
    }

    public myAsyncTask(myAsyncTaskCompletedListener listener, int responseCode) {
        this.listener = listener;
        this.responseCode = responseCode;
    }

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


    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        String result;
        String param = (params.length == 0) ? null : params[0];
        if (param != null) {
            // Do some background jobs, like httprequest...
            return result;
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String finalResult) {
        super.onPostExecute(finalResult);
        if (!isCancelled()) {
            if (listener != null) {
                listener.onMyAsynTaskCompleted(responseCode, finalResult);
            }
        }
    }
}

Finally implement listener in activity:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements myAsyncTaskCompletedListener {

    @Override
    public void onMyAsynTaskCompleted(int responseCode, String result) {

        switch (responseCode) {
            case TASK_CODE_ONE: 
                // Do something for CODE_ONE
                break;
            case TASK_CODE_TWO:
                // Do something for CODE_TWO
                break;
            default: 
                // Show some error code
        }        
    }

And this is how you can call asyncTask:

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // Some other codes...
        new myAsyncTask(this,TASK_CODE_ONE).execute("Data for background job");
        // And some another codes...
}

Answer 3

Create a static member in your Activity class. Then assign the value during the onPostExecute

For example, if the result of your AsyncTask is a String, create a public static string in your Activity

public static String dataFromAsyncTask;

Then, in the onPostExecute of the AsyncTask, simply make a static call to your main class and set the value.

MainActivity.dataFromAsyncTask = "result blah";