Android AsyncTask - avoid multiple instances running

Question

I have AsyncTask that processes some background HTTP stuff. AsyncTask runs on schedule (Alarms/service) and sometime user executes it manually.

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Answer 1

Or, you can try this to see if the Task is currently running or not:

if (katitsAsyncTask.getStatus().equals(AsyncTask.Status.FINISHED))
     katitsAsyncTask.execute();
else
     // wait until it's done.