How to run the same asynctask more than once?

Question

I have my asyncTask run when the activity first starts, then if network connectivity is not available then i have a refresh button that tries to run the asyncTask to try aga

Answer 1

I created an Arraylist of type ProgressUpdater(Name of class which extends AsyncTask) and added the instances into it(in the onClick of a button). So you can execute and cancel these task when needed.

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ProgressBar progress;
ProgressUpdater task;
ArrayList pu = new ArrayList();
int count = 0;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    progress = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progress);

}

public void onClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
    case R.id.btn:
        task = new ProgressUpdater();
        pu.add(task);
        count++;
        pu.get(count - 1).execute(0);
        System.out.println("task" + task);

        // task.execute(10);
        break;
    case R.id.btnCancel:
        if (count >= 0) {
            pu.get(count - 1).cancel(true);
            pu.remove(count - 1);
            count--;
        }
        // task.cancel(true);

        break;

    }
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

private class ProgressUpdater extends AsyncTask {
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onPreExecute();
        progress = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progress);
        progress.setMax(100);
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Integer... params) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        int start = params[0];
        for (int i = start; i <= 100; i++) {
            try {
                boolean cancelled = isCancelled();
                if (!cancelled) {
                    publishProgress(i);
                    SystemClock.sleep(100);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onPostExecute(result);
        Log.v("Progress", "Finished");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCancelled() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCancelled();
        progress.setMax(0);

    }

    @Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onProgressUpdate(values);
        progress.setProgress(values[0]);
    }

}

}