How to raise a toast in AsyncTask, I am prompted to used the Looper

Question

I have tasks completed by AsyncTask in background. At some point I need to issue a Toast that something is completed.

I've tried and I failed because Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

How can I do that?

Dvorak

Answer 1

onPostExecute - executes on UI thread or publishProgress(); in your doinbackground and

protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) {
}

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html

Mandibular

I have to issue the Toast in the middle of the process, not in the end. What are my options? – Dvorak

onProgressUpdate. It also runs on UI thread and Toast should be fine – Mandibular

-1 downvoted because every other answer to this question is better than this one! – Weintraub

oops, undownvoted because i did not notice the onProgressUpdate and only noticed the onPostExecute – Weintraub

Answer 2

you can Toast inside doInBackground

add this code where you want to Toast appear

runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {

    Toast.makeText(<your class name>.this, "Cool Ha?", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

Exanimate

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. – Edvard

Answer 3

You can also use runOnUiThread method to manipulate your UI from background threads.

Foxy

works for me. Just needed to call getActivivty().runOnUiThread(...) – Inkhorn

Answer 4

If you want to use Toast You should use this method : onProgressUpdate()

protected Integer doInBackground(Void...Params) {
   int check_point = 1;
   publishProgress(check_point);
   return check_point;
}

protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer integers) {
  if(integers == 1) {
    Toast.makeText(classname.this, "Text", 0).show(); 
}

Stylo

Answer 5

If you want to display the Toast from the background thread you'll have to call runOnUiThread from doInBackground. I don't believe there's another way.

Edit: I take that back. I think you can implement onProgressUpdate, which runs on the UI thread, to show the Toast and make calls to publishProgress from doInBackground.

Precedency

Answer 6

If you want to display the Toast in doInBackground, you can use it in the OnPostExecute method of AsyncTask.

protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {    
   Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Your Message", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

   pDialog.dismiss();//dismiss the progress dialouge
}

Socio