AsyncTask - after execution, how to update view?

Question

In the onCreate() event of an Activity, I have started an AsyncTask to retrieve Product data from a database. After this has been completed successfully, how can I update th

Answer 1

I am guessing the question is more about how to get hold of the UI View if the asyncTask is in a separate file .

In that case you have to pass the context to the Async task and use that to get the view.

class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask {

    Activity mActivity;

    public MyAsyncTask(Activity activity) {
       mActivity = ativity;
    }

And then in your onPostExecute use

int id = mActivity.findViewById(...);

Remember you cannot update the View from "doInBackground" since its not the UI thread.