How to create toast from IntentService? It gets stuck on the screen

Question

I\'m trying to have my IntentService show a Toast message, but when sending it from the onHandleIntent message, the toast shows but gets stuck and the screen and never leave

Answer 1

in onCreate() initialize a Handler and then post to it from your thread.

private class DisplayToast implements Runnable{
  String mText;

  public DisplayToast(String text){
    mText = text;
  }

  public void run(){
     Toast.makeText(mContext, mText, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
}
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent){
    ...
  mHandler.post(new DisplayToast("did something")); 
}