AsyncTask and error handling on Android

Question

I\'m converting my code from using Handler to AsyncTask. The latter is great at what it does - asynchronous updates and handling of results in the

Answer 1

A more comprehensive solution to Cagatay Kalan's solution is shown below:

AsyncTaskResult

public class AsyncTaskResult 
{
    private T result;
    private Exception error;

    public T getResult() 
    {
        return result;
    }

    public Exception getError() 
    {
        return error;
    }

    public AsyncTaskResult(T result) 
    {
        super();
        this.result = result;
    }

    public AsyncTaskResult(Exception error) {
        super();
        this.error = error;
    }
}

ExceptionHandlingAsyncTask

public abstract class ExceptionHandlingAsyncTask extends AsyncTask>
{
    private Context context;

    public ExceptionHandlingAsyncTask(Context context)
    {
        this.context = context;
    }

    public Context getContext()
    {
        return context;
    }

    @Override
    protected AsyncTaskResult doInBackground(Params... params)
    {
        try
        {
            return new AsyncTaskResult(doInBackground2(params));
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            return new AsyncTaskResult(e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(AsyncTaskResult result)
    {
        if (result.getError() != null)
        {
            onPostException(result.getError());
        }
        else
        {
            onPostExecute2(result.getResult());
        }
        super.onPostExecute(result);
    }

    protected abstract Result doInBackground2(Params... params);

    protected abstract void onPostExecute2(Result result);

    protected void onPostException(Exception exception)
    {
                        new AlertDialog.Builder(context).setTitle(R.string.dialog_title_generic_error).setMessage(exception.getMessage())
                .setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert).setPositiveButton(R.string.alert_dialog_ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
                {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which)
                    {
                        //Nothing to do
                    }
                }).show();
    }
}

Example Task

public class ExampleTask extends ExceptionHandlingAsyncTask
{
    private ProgressDialog  dialog;

    public ExampleTask(Context ctx)
    {
        super(ctx);
        dialog = new ProgressDialog(ctx);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute()
    {
        dialog.setMessage(getResources().getString(R.string.dialog_logging_in));
        dialog.show();
    }

    @Override
    protected Result doInBackground2(String... params)
    {
        return new Result();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute2(Result result)
    {
        if (dialog.isShowing())
            dialog.dismiss();
        //handle result
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostException(Exception exception)
    {
        if (dialog.isShowing())
            dialog.dismiss();
        super.onPostException(exception);
    }
}