AsyncTask was not designed for long running operations and should definitely not be used in the way you describe here. To cancel a task, just invoke cancel().
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:50 AM, HippoMan <hippo.mail...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know how to use AsyncTask in a standard manner to manage operations > that are in the background in relation to a UI thread. > > However, I want to run a task in the background which might run for a > very long time under certain circumstances. In these cases, I would > like to force the background task to fail if it runs for an excessive > amount of time. > > I know that I can invoke the "get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)" method > of AsyncTask in my UI thread in order to terminate my background task > if it runs too long. However, in that case, my UI will block while > this "get()" command is waiting. > > There are probably other drawbacks to directly calling "get()" in this > manner, not the least of which being an evil interaction with the > "done()" method of AsyncTask's contained FutureTask object, which > itself is calling "get()" -- at least this is what I see when I look > at the source code for AsyncTask. > > So what is the canonical, Android-approved method for timing out an > overly-long-running AsyncTask? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer romain...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- 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
