The problem is that you are doing all the work on the UI thread in one method. The progress dialog is shown and dismissed in the same method.
You need to post to the server asynchronously while the progress dialog is showing. Follow the pattern outlined in this article and you will be on your way. http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/05/painless-threading.html On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:07 AM, pawan nimje <[email protected]> wrote: > Below is the code for posting data on a server ... > > my problem is i want to show a progress dialog when i click on submit > button ....and dismiss it when data is posted ... > > i have written code for that .. but the thing is the progress dialog comes > and goes ... and its hardly noticeable .. > > i hope u have understood my prob .... so plz suggest solution ... > > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > final Button btnSubmit = (Button) findViewById(R.id.submitButton); > btnSubmit.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { > > @Override > public void onClick(View v) { > // TODO Auto-generated method stub > btnSubmit.setEnabled(false); > etPersonName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.byEditText); > etPostText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.postEditText); > b = true; > try { > String personName = new String(); > personName = etPersonName.getText().toString(); > String postStr = new String(); > postStr = etPostText.getText().toString(); > if(personName.length() == 0 || postStr.length() == 0) > { > Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Message > and/or Sender's Name cannot be Blank." , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > btnSubmit.setEnabled(true); > } > else > { > btnSubmit.setEnabled(false); > * m_ProgressDialog = > ProgressDialog.show(LeaveMessage.this, "Please wait...", "Saving Post ...", > true);* > String msgStr = personName + "<~>" + postStr; > String encryptStr = msgStr + "&" + > Constants.POST_KEY; > String android_id = > Secure.getString(cntxt.getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID); > > String sha1Msg = SimpleSHA1.SHA1(encryptStr); > Constants.LeaveURL = Constants.BasicLeaveURL; > Constants.LeaveURL += "?tp=new&"; > Constants.LeaveURL += "message=" + msgStr + "&"; > Constants.LeaveURL += "key=" + sha1Msg + "&"; > > if (android_id == null) > { > Constants.LeaveURL += "DeviceId=" + "12312" + > "&"; > } > else > { > Constants.LeaveURL += "DeviceId=" + android_id > + "&"; > } > > Constants.LeaveURL += "cCode=" + > Constants.CountryCode; > > System.out.println(Constants.LeaveURL); > > URL url = new URL(Constants.LeaveURL); > HttpURLConnection conn = > (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection(); > conn.setDoInput(true); > conn.setDoOutput(true); > conn.setUseCaches(false); > conn.setRequestMethod("POST"); > > /* setRequestProperty */ > conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", > "Keep-Alive"); > conn.setRequestProperty("Charset", "UTF-8"); > conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", > "multipart/form-data"); > > DataOutputStream ds = new > DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream()); > if(Constants.takePhoto!=null) > > { > ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new > ByteArrayOutputStream(); > > Constants.takePhoto.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos); > byte[] data = baos.toByteArray(); > ds.write(data); > > } > > Constants.takePhoto=null; > ds.flush(); > ds.close(); > * //m_ProgressDialog.dismiss();* > if(conn.getResponseCode() != > HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK){ > Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), > conn.getResponseMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG); > } > else{ > * m_ProgressDialog.dismiss();* > Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Message > Posted!!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG); > Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), > ReadMessages.class); > startActivity(i); > } > } > } > catch (IOException e) { > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > e.printStackTrace(); > } > } > }); > > -- > 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 -- "An engineer's definition of done is the perfect set of code, and left to his own devices, an engineer will endlessly improve the code on the mythic journey to done." -- http://www.randsinrepose.com -- 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
