Of course I know about cancel(). When I mentioned the use of "get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)", I thought it would be obvious that I would then invoke cancel() to terminate my overly-long-running task. But then, my UI thread would block while I'm waiting, as I stated above, which is not desirable. Nor is the fact that the done() method of AsyncTask's contained FutureTask object also calls get().
I asked what is the Android-approved, canonical method for doing what I want to do. Given that AsyncTask is not the intended mechanism for invoking and optionally timing out a long-running task, what *is* the recommended method for doing so in Android? Thanks again, 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.
