In addition to what Mark has pointed out keep in mind that when the device is rotated the activity is restarted but not the asynctask. So you will end up with a null activity variable. It is fairly well documented on the android developer site how to deal with device rotation or configuration changes.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:37 PM, elioncho <elion...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have an AsyncTask (in a separate file) which is invoked on an >> activity. When I instantiate the AsyncTask, I send the activity as a >> param. How can I access the acitivity's instance variables from the >> onPostExecute method of the AsyncTask? > > Make the instance variables package-protected, and put both classes in > the same package. > > Or, more cleanly, implement getter/setter methods on the activity that > the AsyncTask can use. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in London: http://bit.ly/smand1, http://bit.ly/smand2 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Satya Komatineni http://www.satyakomatineni.com http://www.androidbook.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
