The problem is, activity starts its onCreate after completing the ContentProvider operations, I donot know if this is default process content provider is declared in manifest.xml.
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thank you for your answers, the problem remains the same, the android > > system > > starts content provider before starting any activity, If I explicitly > > starts > > any activity within the content provider class the android system after > > completing the task for upgrading/creating starts the MAIN activity.So > can > > you propose some source to start a background activity for this? > > Never start an activity from a ContentProvider. > > You already have an activity. It is whatever activity the user is trying > to use. That activity needs to operate the progress indicator (e.g., > ProgressDialog), not the ContentProvider. For example, you could use an > AsyncQueryHandler, so while your initial query is blocked waiting for the > ContentProvider to complete...whatever it is doing...the activity can be > displaying a progress indicator. > > Of course, better answers are: > > -- Find ways to eliminate any significant time required for the "task for > upgrading/creating", or > > -- Consider not using a ContentProvider, switching instead to a Service, > which gives you more API flexibility > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
