[android-developers] Re: Service - how to show its progress in Activity
lol I didn't notice that there is a comprehensive explanation in this website Thank You On 1月3日, 上午11時59分, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: AsyncTask gives you more control over how you background work is done. You get callbacks for , progress, completion of action, etc. You would also get some etra hooks, like Pre-execute and Post- execute. http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/05/painless-threading.html Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 3, 7:32 am, Molee leehc...@gmail.com wrote: I used to implements the progress of downloading sth in a worker thread, and new a thread when u choose the corresponding option in the menu ( overriding onOptionsItemSelected funciton) yet the UI will be frozen once you choose the download option in the menu Is using asynctask instead the better solution??? Whats the difference between thread and asynctask??? Any response is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Molee On 1月3日, 上午1時10分, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: If the service is coupled to your UI, I think AsyncTask would be a better solution. Look at the examples for the same. But, if the service is completely separate from the UI, then you have to bind to the service, and then check it's progress. Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 2, 4:54 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a service that downloads something from the Internet, it shows progress in notifications and in MyActivity (only when MyActivity is on foreground of course). How should the service post the progress to MyActivity? I know this could be done somehow with IBind but can I just simply do this in MyActivity: MySevice.myActivity = this; startService(new Intent()); ? From MyService I can now call MyActivity's methods because I have a static reference to it in MySevice.myActivity, so I can call e.g. myActivity.sendProgress(63). -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Service - how to show its progress in Activity
If the service is coupled to your UI, I think AsyncTask would be a better solution. Look at the examples for the same. But, if the service is completely separate from the UI, then you have to bind to the service, and then check it's progress. Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 2, 4:54 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a service that downloads something from the Internet, it shows progress in notifications and in MyActivity (only when MyActivity is on foreground of course). How should the service post the progress to MyActivity? I know this could be done somehow with IBind but can I just simply do this in MyActivity: MySevice.myActivity = this; startService(new Intent()); ? From MyService I can now call MyActivity's methods because I have a static reference to it in MySevice.myActivity, so I can call e.g. myActivity.sendProgress(63). -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Service - how to show its progress in Activity
I used to implements the progress of downloading sth in a worker thread, and new a thread when u choose the corresponding option in the menu ( overriding onOptionsItemSelected funciton) yet the UI will be frozen once you choose the download option in the menu Is using asynctask instead the better solution??? Whats the difference between thread and asynctask??? Any response is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Molee On 1月3日, 上午1時10分, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: If the service is coupled to your UI, I think AsyncTask would be a better solution. Look at the examples for the same. But, if the service is completely separate from the UI, then you have to bind to the service, and then check it's progress. Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 2, 4:54 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a service that downloads something from the Internet, it shows progress in notifications and in MyActivity (only when MyActivity is on foreground of course). How should the service post the progress to MyActivity? I know this could be done somehow with IBind but can I just simply do this in MyActivity: MySevice.myActivity = this; startService(new Intent()); ? From MyService I can now call MyActivity's methods because I have a static reference to it in MySevice.myActivity, so I can call e.g. myActivity.sendProgress(63). -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Service - how to show its progress in Activity
AsyncTask gives you more control over how you background work is done. You get callbacks for , progress, completion of action, etc. You would also get some etra hooks, like Pre-execute and Post- execute. http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/05/painless-threading.html Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 3, 7:32 am, Molee leehc...@gmail.com wrote: I used to implements the progress of downloading sth in a worker thread, and new a thread when u choose the corresponding option in the menu ( overriding onOptionsItemSelected funciton) yet the UI will be frozen once you choose the download option in the menu Is using asynctask instead the better solution??? Whats the difference between thread and asynctask??? Any response is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Molee On 1月3日, 上午1時10分, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: If the service is coupled to your UI, I think AsyncTask would be a better solution. Look at the examples for the same. But, if the service is completely separate from the UI, then you have to bind to the service, and then check it's progress. Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek On Jan 2, 4:54 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a service that downloads something from the Internet, it shows progress in notifications and in MyActivity (only when MyActivity is on foreground of course). How should the service post the progress to MyActivity? I know this could be done somehow with IBind but can I just simply do this in MyActivity: MySevice.myActivity = this; startService(new Intent()); ? From MyService I can now call MyActivity's methods because I have a static reference to it in MySevice.myActivity, so I can call e.g. myActivity.sendProgress(63). -- 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
