Sounds like this should not be an AsyncTask, but perhaps an IntentService instead.
2011/9/23 João Rossa <joao.ro...@gmail.com>: > Its an indeterminate progressbar the only thing i need is to hide or show > the animation, nothing else, but i just to reflect there background work > being done from whatever activity started it, even if the current activity > was not responsible... > > regards, > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Bluemercury <joao.ro...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > IS there a way to avoid the static references to the views, but at the >> > same >> > time giving the possibility of the tasks to change the visibility of the >> > progressbar even if the current activity visible is not the one who >> > laucnhed >> > the task initially? >> >> The activities cannot share a progress bar, period. They each have >> their own progress bar. >> >> When you switch between activities, put the progress value (e.g., >> getProgress()) in an extra, so the new activity can set its progress >> bar to match. >> >> When you handle rotation events, pass the progress value via >> onSaveInstanceState(), or possibly as part of the state you pass >> (along with your AsyncTask) in onRetainNonConfigurationInstance(). >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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
