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

This simple class can help you

public abstract class ExceptionAsyncTask extends AsyncTask {
    private Except thrown;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    /**
     * Do not override this method, override doInBackgroundWithException instead
     */
    protected Result doInBackground(Param... params) {
        Result res = null;
        try {
            res = doInBackgroundWithException(params);
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            thrown = (Except) e;
        }
        return res;
    }

    protected abstract Result doInBackgroundWithException(Param... params) throws Except;

    @Override
    /**
     * Don not override this method, override void onPostExecute(Result result, Except exception) instead
     */
    protected void onPostExecute(Result result) {
        onPostExecute(result, thrown);
        super.onPostExecute(result);
    }

    protected abstract void onPostExecute(Result result, Except exception);
}