>I think using an AsyncTask is better. On one hand, it's just simpler >to implement. On the other hand, it's built in Android and you can be >100% it's supported and the way Android was designed to work. So, >rather than using a handler and multiple threads, I find it simpler to >display the loading dialog in the onCreate() method, do all the work >in the doInBackground() method of the AsyncTask extending class and >dismiss the dialog in the onPostExecute(). I don't know about you, but >I find it a lot nicer.
i put up the progress dialog in the onPreExecute(). the activity can then just call execute(), and is otherwise decoupled from the task entirely. i do all my HTTP stuff this way. -- jason.vp.engineering.particle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---