you can use the application context On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 AM, sasq <jonas.minnb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an AsyncTask that scans the file system and publishes progress > through Notifications. To do this I need a reference to the current > Activity in the AsyncTask. > > I also don't want to kill the task when the activity is destroyed. How > do I avoid leaking the activity and everything it references on each > configuration change? > > One possibility is to remove the reference in OnPause() to be sure it > is gone when the Activity is destroyed, but that would mean > notifications stops coming as soon as you leave the activity which is > no good. > > Isn't there a recommended way of dealing with AsyncTasks in this way? > > -- > 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
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