Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate AsynChronous Tasks in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.
MainActivity.java
package com.example.asynchrounous_tasks; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends Activity { String input = "redrum ... redrum"; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Button start = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); start.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub MyAsyncTask task = new MyAsyncTask(); task.execute(input); } }); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } }
MyAsyntask.java
package com.example.asynchrounous_tasks; import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.widget.Toast; @SuppressLint("ShowToast") class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> { @Override protected String doInBackground(String... parameter) { // Moved to a background thread. String result = ""; int myProgress = 0; int inputLength = parameter[0].length(); // Perform background processing task, update myProgress] for (int i = 1; i <= inputLength; i++) { myProgress = i; result = result + parameter[0].charAt(inputLength - i); try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } publishProgress(myProgress); } // Return the value to be passed to onPostExecute return result; } @Override protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) { // Synchronized to UI thread. // Update progress bar, Notification, or other UI elements // asyncProgress.setProgress(progress[0]); Toast.makeText(null, "in progress update" + progress[0], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } @Override protected void onPostExecute(String result) { // Synchronized to UI thread. // Report results via UI update, Dialog, or notifications // asyncTextView.setText(result); Toast.makeText(null, result, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } }
Activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginTop="118dp" android:text="Demonstrating Asynchronous Tasks" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_below="@+id/textView1" android:layout_marginTop="74dp" android:text="Start Task" /> </RelativeLayout>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.asynchrounous_tasks" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.asynchrounous_tasks.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>