On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:54:58 AM UTC-8, RichardC wrote: > > Conciser holding a WeakReference to the Activity from the AsyncTask.
I would argue that this is a bad idea. If the AT is holding the reference so that it can report a result, then, if the reference is broken, the task will have spent battery computing a useless result. If you are willing to throw the result away, just cancel the task. G. Blake Meike Marakana Programming Android 2ed is now in stores: http://bit.ly/programmingandroid -- 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

