Because it isn't. AsynTask.cancel(true) is called from a service on its AsyncTask
It returns true. After the call, AsyncTask.iscancelled() is true. Nonetheless, the thread is still running happily and performing the tasks in doinBackground as if nothing had happened. I can see this all in the debugger. Any ideas? Is this a known issue? I see no evidence that this is working according to its documentation, below. Nathan public final boolean cancel (boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) Since: API Level 3 Attempts to cancel execution of this task. This attempt will fail if the task has already completed, already been cancelled, or could not be cancelled for some other reason. If successful, and this task has not started when cancel is called, this task should never run. If the task has already started, then the mayInterruptIfRunning parameter determines whether the thread executing this task should be interrupted in an attempt to stop the task. Parameters mayInterruptIfRunning true if the thread executing this task should be interrupted; otherwise, in-progress tasks are allowed to complete. Returns false if the task could not be cancelled, typically because it has already completed normally; true otherwise -- 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
